Criminal knowledge: Evidence, expertise, and the carceral state

From physiognomy to predictive policing, technoscience has long been central to the power of the carceral state. At the same time, carceral sites such as prisons, courtrooms, and crime scenes facilitate and even demand technoscientific interventions. Forensic and legal ideals of truth, neutrality, and incontrovertible evidence coexist uncomfortably with the complicated politics of technoscientific expertise. This panel seeks to extend STS insights into the production and politics of expertise through engagement with research on the carceral state.

• STPP
• Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
• Science Technology and Public Policy
• Carceral State
• Lindsay Smith
• Andrea Quinlan
• Cristina Mejia Visperas
• Melissa Burch
• Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: Science, Technology, and the Carceral State