Overview
- Explores the human and organizational side of predictive policing through a unique study in the Global South
- Provides rich context for the use of technologies for crime control purposes in India
- Speaks to scholars internationally interested in the digitalisation of police
Part of the book series: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies (PCPS)
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This book provides a cultural investigation of the police in India and how it uses data and algorithmic tools for crime mapping.The book draws on an ethnographic study of Delhi Police's hotspot mapping endeavour. It provides a sociological investigation of the police in India and how they use data and algorithmic tools for crime mapping. It discusses how ‘criminals’ are constructed in these systems, typically, the marginalised residents of slums and immigrant colonies. It explores how the algorithm reifies existing assumptions and prejudices about 'criminals' as artificial intelligence systems are deeply intertwined with the culture and beliefs of those who make and use them. It pays special attention to the discriminatory practices of relevant police officers and how this ‘predictive’ policing perpetuates harm to the most marginalised. This book contributes to discussions around big data and surveillance studies broadly.
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About the author
Shivangi Narayan is an independent researcher based in India and affiliated with the Algorithmic Governance and Cultures of Policing (AGOPOL) Project, funded by Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway and the Norwegian Research Council. Prior to being a researcher, she was a journalist with a fortnightly magazine, ‘Governance Now’, where she covered technology policy in India. She has a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering and an MA, M.Phil and PhD in Sociology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Predictive Policing and The Construction of The 'Criminal'
Book Subtitle: An Ethnographic Study of Delhi Police
Authors: Shivangi Narayan
Series Title: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40102-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40101-5Published: 12 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40104-6Due: 12 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-40102-2Published: 11 August 2023
Series ISSN: 2730-535X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-5368
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 133
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Crime Control and Security, Asian Criminology, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Critical Criminology, Criminal Behavior, Criminal Behavior