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States of surveillance : ethnographies of new technologies in policing and justice /

"Recent discussions on big data surveillance and artificial intelligence in governance have opened up an opportunity to think about the role of technology in the production of the knowledge states use to govern. The contributions in this volume examine the socio-technical assemblages that under...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Avis, Maya (Editor), Marciniak, Daniel (Editor), Sapignoli, Maria (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
Series:Routledge studies in surveillance.
Subjects:
Electronic surveillence.
Police.
Crime prevention > Technological innovations.
Law enforcement > Technological innovations.
Lois > Application > Innovations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Abbreviations
  • States of surveillance: Ethnographic perspectives on technology in policing
  • Part 1 Navigating surveillance: Contending with promises of transformations
  • Chapter 1 Shaping surveillance futures: Palestinian responses to Israeli surveillance technologies
  • Chapter 2 Encountering ethnographic gestures: Reflections on the banality of cybersecurity and STS ecologies of practice
  • Chapter 3 "The server is always down!": Digitalised complaints systems to monitor public service (mis)conduct in Kenya
  • Chapter 4 Surveillance with a human face: Imaginaries, debates, and resistance to facial recognition implementation among CCTV workers in Argentina
  • Part 2 Shaping epistemology: Problematising knowledge production in law enforcement
  • Chapter 5 Algorithmic chains of translation: Predictive policing and the need for team-based ethnography
  • Chapter 6 Mapping and the construction of criminal spaces in Delhi
  • Chapter 7 Infrastructure shortcuts: The private cloud infrastructure of data-driven policing and its political consequences
  • Chapter 8 Machine learning and artificial intelligence in counterterrorism: The "realities" of security practitioners and technologists
  • Index.