George Orwell's 'Big Brother'and Michel Foucault's 'panopticon'have dominated discussion
of contemporary developments in surveillance. While such metaphors draw our attention to …

▪ Abstract This review surveys the development of Michel Foucault's analysis of political
power in terms of governmentality and outlines its key characteristics. It examines the spread …

This article examines the intersection of two structural developments: the growth of
surveillance and the rise of “big data.” Drawing on observations and interviews conducted …

The number of predictive technologies used in the US criminal justice system is on the rise.
Yet there is little research to date on the reception of algorithms in criminal justice …

With ever greater frequency, governments are using computer algorithms to conduct public
affairs. This is especially true in cities, counties, and states, whose governments are tasked …

The fifth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed The Politics of the Police has been
completely revised, expanded, and updated to take in recent changes in the law, policy, and …

Democratic policing today is a widely used approach to policing not only in Western
societies but increasingly around the world. Yet it is rarely defined and it is little understood …

In Violence Work Micol Seigel offers a new theorization of the quintessential incarnation of
state power: the police. Foregrounding the interdependence of policing, the state, and global …

The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before,
from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many …

This book explores how predictive policing transforms police work. Police departments
around the world have started to use data-driven applications to produce crime forecasts …