Digitize and Punish by Brian Jefferson
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https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/116762 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Digitize and Punish Author: Brian Jefferson Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins Release date: 06-10-20 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 6 ratings Genres: Technology & Society Publisher's Summary: The US 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 digital computing and criminal justice, revealing how big tech, computer scientists, university researchers, and state actors have digitized carceral governance over the past 40 years - with devastating impact on poor communities of color.
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