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The Technology of Policing: Crime Mapping, Information Technology, and the Rationality of Crime Control (New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law)
The Technology of Policing Crime Mapping Information Technology and the Rationality of Crime Control - New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law
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View the Table of Contents — Read the Introduction"The Technology of Policing provides a brilliant analysis of how new information technologies are used to reproduce established police practices rather than to effect organizational change or more efficient crime control." — ?Richard V. Ericson, co-author of The New Politics of Surveillan... more »?At a time when police technology is actively promoted as a 'silver-bullet', and studied mainly for its instrumental effects, Manning's sociological acumen is a vital antidote. A closely and astutely observed study of the meanings and effects of crime mapping/analysis within police organizations.?
?Ian Loader, author of Civilizing SecurityWith the rise of surveillance technology in the last decade, police departments now have an array of sophisticated tools for tracking, monitoring, even predicting crime patterns. In particular crime mapping, a technique used by the police to monitor crime by the neighborhoods in their geographic regions, has become a regular and relied-upon feature of policing. Many claim that these technological developments played a role in the crime drop of the 1990s, and yet no study of these techniques and their relationship to everyday police work has been made available.Noted scholar Peter K. Manning spent six years observing three American police departments and two British constabularies in order to determine what effects these kinds of analytic tools have had on modern police management and practices. While modern technology allows the police to combat crime in sophisticated, detail-oriented ways, Manning discovers that police strategies and tactics have not been altogether transformed as perhaps would be expected. In The Technology of Policing, Manning untangles the varying kinds of complex crime-control rhetoric that underlie much of today?s police department discussion and management, and provides valuable insight into which are the most effective?and which may be harmful?in successfully tracking criminal behavior.The Technology of Policing offers a new understanding of the changing world of police departments and information technology?s significant and undeniable influence on crime management.
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View the Table of Contents — Read the Introduction"The Technology of Policing provides a brilliant analysis of how new information technologies are used to reproduce established police practices rather than to effect organizational change or more efficient crime control." — ?Richard V. Ericson, co-author of The New Politics of Surveillan... more »?At a time when police technology is actively promoted as a 'silver-bullet', and studied mainly for its instrumental effects, Manning's sociological acumen is a vital antidote. A closely and astutely observed study of the meanings and effects of crime mapping/analysis within police organizations.?
?Ian Loader, author of Civilizing SecurityWith the rise of surveillance technology in the last decade, police departments now have an array of sophisticated tools for tracking, monitoring, even predicting crime patterns. In particular crime mapping, a technique used by the police to monitor crime by the neighborhoods in their geographic regions, has become a regular and relied-upon feature of policing. Many claim that these technological developments played a role in the crime drop of the 1990s, and yet no study of these techniques and their relationship to everyday police work has been made available.Noted scholar Peter K. Manning spent six years observing three American police departments and two British constabularies in order to determine what effects these kinds of analytic tools have had on modern police management and practices. While modern technology allows the police to combat crime in sophisticated, detail-oriented ways, Manning discovers that police strategies and tactics have not been altogether transformed as perhaps would be expected. In The Technology of Policing, Manning untangles the varying kinds of complex crime-control rhetoric that underlie much of today?s police department discussion and management, and provides valuable insight into which are the most effective?and which may be harmful?in successfully tracking criminal behavior.The Technology of Policing offers a new understanding of the changing world of police departments and information technology?s significant and undeniable influence on crime management.
ISBN-13: 9780814757246
ISBN-10: 0814757243
Publication Date: 3/1/2008
Pages: 352
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ISBN-10: 0814757243
Publication Date: 3/1/2008
Pages: 352
Rating: ?
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Genres:
- Politics & Social Sciences >> Crime & Criminals >> Criminology
- Politics & Social Sciences >> Crime & Criminals >> Forensic Science
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> General
- Law >> Criminal Law >> Law Enforcement
