TY  - BOOK
AU  - Narayan,Shivangi
TI  - Predictive Policing and The Construction of The 'Criminal': An Ethnographic Study of Delhi Police 
T2  - Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies,
SN  - 9783031401022
U1  - 364.4 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Criminology
KW  - Crime
KW  - Technology
KW  - Critical criminology
KW  - Criminal behavior
KW  - Crime Control and Security
KW  - Asian Criminology
KW  - Crime and Technology
KW  - Criminology in the Global South
KW  - Critical Criminology
KW  - Criminal Behavior
N1  - 1. Introduction -- 2 . The 'Digital Mapping Division' of the Delhi Police -- 3. Delhi Police's 'Dial 100' Call Centre -- 4. Mapping Crime in Delhi Police
N2  - 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. 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.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40102-2
ER  -