Criminal Futures: Predictive Policing and Everyday Police Work (Rezension)

Abstract: With their extensive study on predictive policing, Egbert & Leese (2021) offer an important contribution to the discussion on the ongoing digitization and algorithmization of police work. The aim of the book is to understand predictive policing as a set of related socio-technical practices. The authors discuss rich empirical material in the context of Actor-Network Theory (ANT), trying to connect insights from (critical) criminology, sociology, and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Throughout the book, the authors follow data traces and different actors through the process of making and doing predictive policing. By digging deep into the different layers of translation, the authors clearly narrate how predictive policing changes the practices of policing and vice versa. Especially the STS approach proposed is very convincing, adding a novel and important perspective to the field

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet ; In: kommunikation @ gesellschaft ; 23 (2022) 1

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2022
• Creator: Poechhacker, Nikolaus

Further information

• DOI: 10.15460/kommges.2022.23.1.1023
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2406270922056.489807840616
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.0004, 2:54 PM CET