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Contesting crime science : our misplaced faith in crime prevention technology /

"In this eye-opening critique, Ronald Kramer and James C. Oleson interrogate the promises of crime science and target our misplaced faith in technology as the solution to criminality. This book deconstructs crime science's most prominent manifestations--biological, actuarial, security, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Kramer, Ronald (Senior lecturer) (Author), Oleson, James C., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A brief sketch of crime science and its limits
  • Biological crime sciences : identification and biosocial criminology
  • Actuarial sciences : crime control as a risky business
  • Security sciences : cartographies of crime, states of exception, and the twilight of liberty
  • Environmental crime sciences : missing the forest for the acronyms
  • Conclusion.