Digitize and Punish: Racial Criminalization in the Digital Age

by Brian Jefferson

Book Overview

Tracing the rise of digital computing in policing and punishment and its harmful impact on criminalized communities of color

The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that law enforcement agencies have access to more than 100 million names stored in criminal history databases. In some cities, 80 percent of the black male population is registered in these databases. Digitize and Punish explores the long history of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517909236
• ISBN13: 9781517909239
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"