Constructing Crime in a Database: Big Data and the Mangle of Social Problems Work

This paper argues for programmatic change within social constructionist approaches to social problems by attending to materiality in the theoretical conception of social context. To illustrate how this might be done, we place the interplay between social problems construction and technology (what we...

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Published in:	Qualitative sociology review : QSR Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 180 - 195
Main Authors:	Sanders, Carrie B., Christensen, Tony, Weston, Crystal
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lodz Uniwersytet Lodzki, Wydzial Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny, Instytut Socjol 01.04.2015
Subjects:	Algorithms Big Data Constructionism Crime Data analysis Data base management Intelligence Materialism Problem solving Social environment Social problems Social psychology Sociology
ISSN:	1733-8077, 1733-8077
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