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Conclusion

Beyond Technological Silver Bullets

from Part III - Frameworks for Moving Forward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2019

Mary D. Fan
Affiliation:
University of Washington
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Summary

Recording the police can do a lot, as this book explores. But no technological magic bullet can solve a fundamental challenge of policing—pushing some of our most severe addiction, mental health, poverty and other challenges into the criminal justice system and onto the workloads of police officers. Officers are expected to be social workers, mental health professionals, relationship counselors and more. Officers also are expected to do more with less resources to assist in an era where many departments have not recovered from budgetary cutbacks and also face officer recruiting challenges. The book concludes that as a society, we must confront the questions of how we wish to allocate our limited budgetary dollars. Technology can be tempting, offering the allure of a panacea less cumbersome and costly than dealing with messy human issues. We are a nation deeply divided about law enforcement, social services cutbacks, addiction, race, and many other polarizing issues. We turn to cameras and technology because these have the potential to bring people and groups from very different perspectives together in agreement. But the ultimate transformation people seek comes from long-term investment to tackle the severe social challenges currently straining policing and criminal justice.
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Camera Power
Proof, Policing, Privacy, and Audiovisual Big Data
, pp. 247 - 254
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Conclusion
  • Mary D. Fan, University of Washington
  • Book: Camera Power
  • Online publication: 03 May 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108290364.010
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  • Conclusion
  • Mary D. Fan, University of Washington
  • Book: Camera Power
  • Online publication: 03 May 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108290364.010
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  • Conclusion
  • Mary D. Fan, University of Washington
  • Book: Camera Power
  • Online publication: 03 May 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108290364.010
Available formats
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