The Rise of Big Data Policing - by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (Paperback)

The Rise of Big Data Policing is a must-read for anyone concerned with how technology will revolutionize law enforcement and its potential threat to citizens' security, privacy, and constitutional rights.

This groundbreaking book exposes the promises and perils of big data for policing and privacy, revealing how police departments are using supposedly 'objective' data-driven surveillance technologies to work more effectively in a budget-cutting era and avoid claims of racial bias.

With an engaging and well-written narrative based on studies and a deep understanding of policing, Ferguson describes the growing police use of shared data, its effects on how and where police work, and its usefulness in predicting future criminals.

This book is essential reading for judges, policymakers, advocates, activists, and anyone else who wants to understand what big data is and how it is transforming our criminal justice institutions, the law, and our privacy expectations in surprising and disturbing ways that should concern us all.