Tracking technologies are now ubiquitous and are part of many
people’s everyday lives. Large sections of the population
voluntarily use devices and apps to track fitness, medical
conditions, sleep, vital signs or their own or others’
whereabouts. Governments, health services, immigration and criminal
justice agencies increasingly rely upon tracking technologies to
monitor individuals’ whereabouts, behaviour, medical conditions
and interventions. Despite the human rights concerns of some
organisations and individuals, most wearers and their significant
others tend to welcome the technologies. This paradox is only one
of the many fascinating challenges raised by the widespread use of
tracking technologies which are explored in this book. This book
critically explores the ethical, legal, social, and technical
issues arising from the current and future use of tracking
technologies. It provides a unique and wide-ranging discussion, via
a cross-disciplinary collection of essays, on issues relating to
technological devices and apps whose use is imposed upon wearers or
suggested by others, whether agencies or individuals, including in
the domains of criminal justice, terrorism, and health and social
care. Contributions from leading academics from across social
sciences, engineering, computer and data science, philosophy, and
health and social care address the diverse uses of tracking
technologies including with individuals with dementia, defendants
and offenders, individuals with mental health conditions and drug
users alongside legal, ethical and normative questions about the
appropriate use of these technologies. Cross-disciplinary themes
emerge focusing on both the benefits of the technologies –
freedom, improved safety, security, well-being and autonomy, and
increased capacity of and efficiencies for public services – and
the challenges – implementation and operational costs, mission
creep, privacy concerns, stigmatisation, whether the technologies
work as expected, and useability and wearability for all wearers.
This book is essential reading for academics and students engaged
in criminology, criminal justice, socio-legal studies, science and
technology studies, medicine, health and social care, psychology,
engineering, computer and data science, philosophy, social policy
and social work and security studies. It will also be of great
interest to policy-makers, regulators, practitioners already
deploying or considering using tracking technologies, and to
current and potential wearers.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
First published: |
2024 |
Editors: |
Anthea Hucklesby
• Raymond Holt
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
238 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-44358-0 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-367-44358-9 |
Barcode: |
9780367443580 |
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