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Winner, 2018 Law & Legal Studies PROSE Award The consequences of big data and algorithm-driven policing and its impact on law In a high-tech command center in downtown Los Angeles, a digital lights up with 911 calls, television monitors track breaking news stories, surveillance cameras sweep the streets, and rows of networked computers link analysts and officers to a wealth of law intelligence. This is just a glimpse into a future where software predicts future crimes, algorithms generate virtual “most-wanted” lists, and databanks collect personal and biometric information. The Rise of Big Data Policing introduces the cutting-edge technology that is changing how the do their jobs and shows why it is more important than ever that citizens understand the far-reaching consequences of big data surveillance as a law tool. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson reveals how these new technologies —viewed as race-neutral and objective—have been eagerly adopted by departments hoping to distance themselves from cls of racial bias and unconstitutional practices. After a series of high-profile shootings and federal investigations into systemic misconduct, and in an era of law budget cutbacks, data-driven policing has been billed as a way to “turn the page” on racial bias. But behind the data are real people, and difficult questions remain about racial discrimination and the potential to distort constitutional protections. In this first book on big data policing, Ferguson offers an examination of how new technologies will alter the who, where, when and how we . These new technologies also offer data-driven methods to improve accountability and to remedy the underlying socio-economic risk factors that encourage crime. The Rise of Big Data Policing is a must read for anyone concerned with how technology will revolutionize law and its potential threat to the security, privacy, and constitutional rights of citizens.