States of Surveillance : Ethnographies of New Technologies in Policing and Justice / edited by Maya Avis, Daniel Marciniak, and Maria Sapignoli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Avis, Maya, editor.

Marciniak, Daniel, editor.

Sapignoli, Maria, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in surveillance.

Routledge Studies in Surveillance Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2025]

Summary:

Drawing on ethnographic research in contexts from across the globe, the contributions to this volume engage with technology's promises of transformation, considering the dynamics that shape the political economy driving the expansion of security technologies, and examine how those at the margins navigate experiences of surveillance.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

1-04-013079-8

1-003-41290-4

1-04-013082-8

9781003412908

OCLC:

1442197085