The Pre-Crime Society

Crime, Culture and Control in the Ultramodern Age

Pamela Ugwudike (University of Southampton), Birgit Schippers, Thomas Holt , Jin Ree Lee

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Bristol University Press
30 July 2021

Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments; Causes & prevention of crime; Penology & punishment

We now live in a pre-crime society, in which information technology strategies and techniques such as predictive policing, actuarial justice and surveillance penology are used to achieve hyper-securitization.

However, such securitization comes at a cost – the criminalization of everyday life is guaranteed, justice functions as an algorithmic industry and punishment is administered through dataveillance regimes.

This pioneering book explores relevant theories, developing technologies and institutional practices and explains how the pre-crime society operates in the ‘ultramodern’ age of digital reality construction. Reviewing pre-crime's cultural and political effects, the authors propose new directions in crime control policy.

Contributions by: Pamela Ugwudike (University of Southampton), Birgit Schippers, Thomas Holt, Jin Ree Lee, Natalie Deckard
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529205251
ISBN 10: 1529205255
Pages: 534
Publication Date: 30 July 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bruce A. Arrigo is Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Brian G. Sellers is Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Eastern Michigan University.

Reviews for The Pre-Crime Society: Crime, Culture and Control in the Ultramodern Age

A wide-ranging, up-to-date and dynamic exploration of surveillance, power and social control in contemporary society. Essential reading for those interested in technology's role in the responses to crime. Majid Yar, Lancaster University This impressive collection of original essays is an essential critical guide to the transformations of crime control shaped by surveillance, data-analytics and the diverse technological innovations of the pre-crime society. Lucia Zedner, University of Oxford