Urban Crime Prevention, Surveillance, and Restorative Justice: Effects of Social Technologies

Using three major topics in criminology, this book describes how to reduce and respond to crime without reliance on the conventional criminal justice practices of police and prisons. These topics are analyzed within the broader framework of what the editors call social technologies. The editors ask What is the interaction between knowledge, planning, and social repercussions? The answer forms a basis from which they evaluate proposals for social improvements related to crime. The volume highlights the diffusion of knowledge about crime through media and criminological research; examination of surveillance technologies and the effect on crime; and restorative justice and its relationship to social regulations in general.