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The New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control
James M. Byrne and Donald J. Rebovich, eds.
(Paperback)
2007, 250 pages
ISBN: 1-881798-73-9
$39.00

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.

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, the co-editor of "The Social Ecology of Crime," and "Smart Sentencing: The Emergence of Intermediate Sanctions," and author/editor of many other publications. Donald J. Rebovich PhD is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Utica College and director of the college’s Economic Crime Investigation Program. He previously served as research director for the National White College Crime Center, and is the author of "Dangerous Ground: The World of Hazardous Waste Crime" among numerous other publications.

"It presents a comprehensive discussion of a vast and probably limitless topic or topics, while providing readers insight into the big picture as well as the individual pieces. Overall, the editors and each of the individual authors have done an excellent job... I highlightly recommend [it]..." Tim Cadigan, Federal Probation (June 2007).

“A masterpiece at covering all of the complex aspects of technological innovation in criminal justice. This book is truly innovative and groundbreaking, and will rapidly become essential reading….” Prof. Albert R. Roberts

“A finely detailed, evidence-based look at technology applied to crime and its control. Challenging the inevitability of a 'brave new world,' this book argues for an alternative future – one in which technology supports moral performance.” Prof. James Finckenauer

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