The New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 386 pages
• Published by: Criminal Justice Press
• Edition: 1st Edition March 1, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1881798739
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1881798736
• Book Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description
A comprehensive overview of the effects of new technology on criminality, crime prevention, and the criminal justice system is presented in this new textbook/reader. Fourteen chapters explore five critical issues: · How will new technological innovations affect both crime prevention and crime control policies toward offenders and victims?· Will criminal justice personnel be replaced by new hardware or software? · Will technology lead to increased privatization of traditional justice functions? · Is there research evidence that technological innovations have improved the criminal justice system s response to crime?· What is the link between technology and various forms of criminal behavior?Applications of hard and soft technology are assessed in chapters by scholarly specialists on: the link between technology and criminality (by Kip Schlegel and Charles Cohen); crime prevention (by Brandon Welsh and David Farrington, and by Arthur Lurigio and Andrew Harris); policing (by Don Hummer and by Christopher J. Harris); courts (by Eric Bellone and by Ronald Corbett); institutional corrections (by Jacob Stowell, and by James Byrne and April Pattavina); community corrections (by Patricia Harris and James Byrne, and by April Pattavina and Faye Taxman); and the emerging role of the private sector (by Donald Rebovich and Anthony Martino). Prof. Gary Marx s concluding commentary analyzes the social control and privacy implications of the many new technology applications. A comprehensive list of web sites is provided for further research on new technologies.

About The Author
James M. Byrne, PhD is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He is a nationally recognized expert in the field of evaluation research, has co-edited the books "The Social Ecology of Crime," and "Smart Sentencing: The Emergence of Intermediate Sanctions," and has written and edited many other publications.