Predict and Surveil - Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing

Predict and Surveil offers an unprecedented, inside look at how police use big data and new surveillance technologies. Sarah Brayne conducted years of fieldwork with the LAPD--one of the largest and most technically advanced law enforcement agencies in the world-to reveal the unmet promises and very real perils of police use of data--driven surveillance and analytics.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Chapter 1. Introduction


• Chapter 2. Policing by the Numbers


• Chapter 3. Dragnet Surveillance


• Chapter 4. Directed Surveillance


• Chapter 5. Police Pushback


• Chapter 6. Divided by Data


• Chapter 7. Litigating Data


• Chapter 8. Conclusion: Big Data as Social


• Appendix


• Notes


• References


• Index

About the author

Sarah Brayne is Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the faulty at UT-Austin, Brayne was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research. Brayne is the founder and director of the Texas Prison Education Initiative, a group of faculty and students who volunteer teach college classes in prisons throughout Texas.

Summary

Predict and Surveil offers an unprecedented, inside look at how police use big data and new surveillance technologies. Sarah Brayne conducted years of fieldwork with the LAPD--one of the largest and most technically advanced law enforcement agencies in the world-to reveal the unmet promises and very real perils of police use of data--driven surveillance and analytics.

Additional text

excellent and timely book

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Brayne, Sarah (Assistant Professor of Sociology Brayne
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780190684099
• ISBN: 978-0-19-068409-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 243 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, COMPUTERS / General, LAW / Criminal Procedure, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, HOUSE & HOME / General, Digital lifestyle, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides, Police law & police procedures, Law & society, Police law and police procedures, Law and society, sociology of law