The New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control

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.