Predict and surveil : data, discretion, and the future of policing /

"The scope of criminal justice surveillance, from the police to the prisons, has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the same time, the use of big data has spread across a range of fields, including finance, politics, health, and marketing. While law enforcement's use of big data is hot...

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Main Author: Brayne, Sarah (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Policing by the Numbers: The History of Police Data and the Growing Role of the Private Sector
  • Dragnet Surveillance: Policing our Digital Traces
  • Directed Surveillance: Predictive Policing and the Quantification of Criminal Risk
  • Police Pushback: When the Observer Becomes the Observed
  • (De)Coding Inequality: The Promises and Perils of Police Use of Big Data
  • Algorithmic Suspicion and Big Data Searches: How Laws are Anachronistic and Inadequate for Governing Police Work in the Digital Age
  • Conclusion: Big Data as Social