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ID Scanners and Überveillance in the Night-Time Economy: Crime Prevention or Invasion of Privacy?

ID Scanners and Überveillance in the Night-Time Economy: Crime Prevention or Invasion of Privacy?

Darren Palmer, Ian Warren, Peter Miller
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466664333|ISBN10: 1466664339|EISBN13: 9781466664340
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch085
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Palmer, Darren, et al. "ID Scanners and Überveillance in the Night-Time Economy: Crime Prevention or Invasion of Privacy?." Human Rights and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 1546-1563. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch085

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Palmer, D., Warren, I., & Miller, P. (2015). ID Scanners and Überveillance in the Night-Time Economy: Crime Prevention or Invasion of Privacy?. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Human Rights and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1546-1563). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch085

Chicago

Palmer, Darren, Ian Warren, and Peter Miller. "ID Scanners and Überveillance in the Night-Time Economy: Crime Prevention or Invasion of Privacy?." In Human Rights and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1546-1563. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch085

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Abstract

ID scanners are promoted as an effective solution to the problems of anti-social behavior and violence in many urban nighttime economies. However, the acceptance of this and other forms of computerized surveillance to prevent crime and anti-social behavior is based on several unproven assumptions. After outlining what ID scanners are and how they are becoming a normalized precondition of entry into one Australian nighttime economy, this chapter demonstrates how technology is commonly viewed as the key to preventing crime despite recognition of various problems associated with its adoption. The implications of technological determinism amongst policy makers, police, and crime prevention theories are then critically assessed in light of several issues that key informants talking about the value of ID scanners fail to mention when applauding their success. Notably, the broad, ill-defined, and confused notion of “privacy” is analyzed as a questionable legal remedy for the growing problems of überveillance.

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