The rise of big data policing surveillance, race, and the future of law enforcement

In a high-tech command center in downtown Los Angeles, a digital map lights up with 911 calls, television monitors track breaking news stories, surveillance cameras sweep the streets, and rows of networked computers link analysts and police officers to a wealth of law enforcement intelligence. This...

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Main Author: Ferguson, Andrew G. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : big data policing
  • Big data's watchful eye : the rise of data surveillance
  • Data is the new black : the lure of data-driven policing
  • Whom we police : person-based predictive targeting
  • Where we police : place-based predictive policing
  • When we police : real-time surveillance and investigation
  • How we police : data mining digital haystacks
  • Black data : distortions of race, transparency, and law
  • Blue data : policing data
  • Bright data : risk and remedy
  • No data : filling data holes
  • Conclusion : questions for the future.