| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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Occupation/field of activity group: occ University and college faculty members lcdgt |
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National/regional group: nat New Yorkers (New York State) lcdgt |
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Gender group: gdr Women lcdgt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-251) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
The state of Indiana denied one million applications for health care, food stamps, and cash benefits in three years - because a new computer system interpreted any application mistake as "failure to cooperate." In Los Angeles, an algorithm calculates the comparative vulnerability of tens of thousands of homeless people in order to prioritize them for an inadequate pool of housing resources. In Pittsburgh, a child welfare agency uses a statistical model to try to predict which children might be future victims of abuse or neglect. Since the dawn of the digital age, decision making in finance, employment, politics, health care, and human services has undergone revolutionay change. Today, automated systems control which neighborhoods get policed, which families attain resources, and who is investigated for fraud. While we all live under this new regime of data, the most invasive and punitive systems are aimed at the poor. Virginia Eubanks systematically investigates the impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on economic inequality and democracy in America. Full of heart-wrenching and eye-opening stories, this deeply researched and passionate book could not be timelier. -- From dust jacket. |
| Local Subject |
Poor people -- Services for -- United States -- Data processing.
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| Subject |
COMPUTERS -- Social Aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
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Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
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Poverty -- United States.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01766793
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Computers -- Social aspects -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Internet -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Poverty. (OCoLC)fst01074093
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Computers -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00872861
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Poor -- Services for -- United States -- Data processing.
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Public welfare -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01083290
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| Added Title |
How high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor |
| ISBN |
9781250074317 (hardcover) |
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1250074312 (hardcover) |
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9781250215789 (pbk) |
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1250215781 (pbk) |
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