Security and Risk Technologies in Criminal Justice: Critical Perspectives - Softcover

Stacey Hannem (author), Carrie B. Sanders (author), Christopher J. Schneider (author), Aaron Doyle (author) & Tony Christensen (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 177338094X ISBN 13: 9781773380940

Publisher: Canadian Scholars, 2018

Synopsis

Security and Risk Technologies in Criminal Justice takes students through the evolution of risk technology devices, processes, and prevention. This seminal text unpacks technology’s influence on our understanding of governance and social order in areas of criminal justice, policing, and security. With a foreword by leading criminologist, Kevin Haggerty, the collection consists of three sections that explore the impact of big data, traditional risk practices, and the increased reliance on technology in criminal justice. Eight chapters offer diverse examples that are linked by themes of preventative justice, calculability of risk, the theatre and reality of technology, and the costs of justice. With both national and international appeal, this vital resource is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in criminology, police studies, or sociology.

About this title

About the Authors

Stacey Hannem is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Carrie B. Sanders is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is an interpretive theorist and qualitative researcher with an interest in studying policing, technology, police cultures, and surveillance. Her research has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and has been published in high impact journals, such as British Journal of Criminology, Policing and Society, and Gender and Society.

Christopher J. Schneider is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Brandon University.

From the Back Cover

Preventive security is evolving, expanding, and intensifying in a myriad of ways throughout various spheres of criminal justice—paradoxically breeding new forms of insecurity. Security and Risk Technologies in Criminal Justice offers a comprehensive overview and empirical critique of contemporary preventive practices and technologies for controlling risks of crime and terrorism. Across eight diverse chapters, the contributors to this unique collection explore ways in which broader organizational, political, economic, and cultural contexts influence the use of technologies, illuminating the intended and unintended consequences of the “scientification” of criminal justice work.

With a foreword by leading criminology scholar Kevin Haggerty, this volume is divided into three sections that explore the impact of big data, traditional risk practices, and the increased reliance on technology in criminal justice. The chapters offer diverse examples that are linked by themes of preventative justice, calculability of risk, the theatre and reality of technology, and the costs of justice, making this book essential reading for undergraduate and graduate courses in criminology, police studies, and sociology throughout Canada and the rest of the English-speaking world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Canadian Scholars
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 177338094X
• ISBN 13: 9781773380940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250