Automating inequality : how high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor / Virginia Eubanks.
Automating inequality : how high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor / Virginia Eubanks.
Automating inequality : how high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor / Virginia Eubanks.
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New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
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G 2018/1037
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Language
English
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Physical content
260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: red flags -- From poorhouse to database -- Automating eligibility in the heartland -- High-tech homelessness in the City of Angels -- The Allegheny algorithm -- The digital poorhouse -- Conclusion: dismantling the digital poorhouse -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and methods -- Notes --...
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Publisher
New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Edition
First Edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"Since the dawn of the digital age, decision-making in finance, employment, politics, health and human services has undergone revolutionary change. Today, automated systems - rather than humans - control which neighborhoods get policed, which families attain needed resources, and who is investigated for fraud. While we all live under this new regim...
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Automating inequality : how high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor / Virginia Eubanks.
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How high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-251) and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/1037
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74VKVNXALZXg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNXALZXg
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ISBN
9781250074317 hardcover
1250074312 hardcover
DDC
362.560285
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991024160614802626
