Digital punishment : privacy, stigma, and the harms of data-driven criminal justice /
Data-driven criminal justice operations creates millions of criminal records each year in the United States. Documenting everything from a police stop to a prison sentence, these records take on a digital life of their own as they are collected and posted by police, courts, and prisons; reposted on...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Online Access: | Oxford scholarship online |
| Summary: | Data-driven criminal justice operations creates millions of criminal records each year in the United States. Documenting everything from a police stop to a prison sentence, these records take on a digital life of their own as they are collected and posted by police, courts, and prisons; reposted on social media, online news, and mugshot galleries; and bought and sold by data brokers as an increasingly valuable data commodity. The result is 'digital punishment,' where mere suspicion or a brush with the law can have lasting consequences. This analysis describes the transformation of criminal records into millions of data points; the commodification of these data into a valuable digital resource; and the impact of this shift on people, society, and public policy. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (colour). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190872038 (ebook) : |