Digital punishment : privacy, stigma, and the harms of data-driven criminal justice / Sarah Esther Lageson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lageson, Sarah, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal records--Access control--United States.

Criminal records.

Criminal records--Expungement--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--Data processing.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Law enforcement--United States--Data processing.

Law enforcement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (colour).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

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.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 11, 2020).

ISBN:

0-19-087203-9

0-19-087201-2