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Information Control and the Law

Information Control and the Law AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (December 1980) 13 (225-226) 225 EDITORIAL If the social pundits are correct we have crossed a threshold and entered the age of the computer. COlnputer technology will, they tell us, change our world. Communication, calculation, and commerce are all in the throes of a revolution, and nowhere is this more true than in the sphere of the collation and manipulation of electronically processed data. Information can be collected, sorted, sifted and stored with almost unbelievable ease and speed. Of course, this prospect is neither universally welcomed nor opposed. Such technology can be a double edged sword. For all the benefits of improved efficiency there are costs - ranging from excessive dependence upon a"vulnerable technology to potential abuses of power. 1984 is not very far away chronologically, and it is disturbing to find it as close in the potentials of our technology. Many of us smile in amusement at the more far fetched of our science fantasy films or 1V shows, then glance uneasily over our shoulders. But the computer as a storer, retriever or manipulator of information is merely an obvious and often misunderstood facet of a growing problem in our society - http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

Information Control and the Law

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology , Volume 13 (4): 2 – Dec 1, 1980
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SAGE
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© The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Authors, 1980
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0004-8658
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1837-9273
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10.1177/000486588001300401
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AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (December 1980) 13 (225-226) 225 EDITORIAL If the social pundits are correct we have crossed a threshold and entered the age of the computer. COlnputer technology will, they tell us, change our world. Communication, calculation, and commerce are all in the throes of a revolution, and nowhere is this more true than in the sphere of the collation and manipulation of electronically processed data. Information can be collected, sorted, sifted and stored with almost unbelievable ease and speed. Of course, this prospect is neither universally welcomed nor opposed. Such technology can be a double edged sword. For all the benefits of improved efficiency there are costs - ranging from excessive dependence upon a"vulnerable technology to potential abuses of power. 1984 is not very far away chronologically, and it is disturbing to find it as close in the potentials of our technology. Many of us smile in amusement at the more far fetched of our science fantasy films or 1V shows, then glance uneasily over our shoulders. But the computer as a storer, retriever or manipulator of information is merely an obvious and often misunderstood facet of a growing problem in our society -

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Published: Dec 1, 1980

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