This study examines the relationship between police-community racial asymmetry and the use of surveillance technology by local law enforcement. The data come from a nationally representative survey of law enforcement agencies, with supplementary information provided by the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics Survey, the Census, and the Uniform Crime Reports. Results indicate that police departments that underrepresent African Americans in the community are more likely to use or plan to implement surveillance technology, controlling for a range of agency-and contextual-level factors. One potential explanation for these findings is that surveillance technology operates as a form of social control that is differentially applied to racial minorities to manage what is perceived to be a greater proclivity toward criminal behavior. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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新Panopticon中执法的眼光：警察社区的种族不对称和监视技术的使用

本研究探讨了警察社区种族不对称与地方执法部门使用监视技术之间的关系。数据来自全国范围内对执法机构的代表性调查，并由执法管理和行政统计调查，人口普查和统一犯罪报告提供补充信息。结果表明，社区中非裔美国人人数不足的警察部门更有可能使用或计划实施监视技术，以控制一系列机构和背景因素。这些发现的一个潜在解释是，监视技术是一种社会控制形式，被不同地应用于少数族裔，以管理人们认为对犯罪行为的更大倾向。