TY - JOUR
AU - Gordon, Diana R.
AB - The Electronic Panopticon: of A Case of the the Study Development National Criminal Records System DIANA R. GORDON in THE is not the the United military only expanding government activity Even most nondefense have been criminal States. shrinking, though programs continues to One of its most but least noticed grow. rapidly expanding justice activities is the and dissemination of collection, combination, computerized records at all levels of The fifteen have criminal justice government. past years seen the electronic and of a national creation, through storage linkage, system of &dquo;hot warrants for arrest or current files&dquo;-outstanding identifying on stolen items like or securities-and &dquo;criminal information vehicles information and accounts of an histories&dquo;-identifying chronological individual’s transactions with the and corrections courts, police, agencies. Routine of the is shared and local, state, management emerging system by federal law enforcement Data collection and local dissemination of agencies. records are the federal oversees national state matters; government The the of dissemination. FBI, center the takes the initiative dynamic system, in and innovation. .. major system expansion the national criminal records is a Although system far-reaching expansion of it has received little attention from the government power, analytic scholarly case contribute This is intended to 
TI - The Electronic Panopticon: A Case Study of the Development of the National Criminal Records System
JF - Politics & Society
DO - 10.1177/003232928701500404
DA - 1987-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-electronic-panopticon-a-case-study-of-the-development-of-the-4CMHEQw65m
SP - 483
EP - 511
VL - 15
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -