Predictive Policing and the Platformization of Police Work

dc.contributor.authorEgbert, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-26T07:08:58Z
dc.date.available2021-08-26T07:08:58Z
dc.date.issued2019-03-31
dc.description.abstractAlthough the revolutionary potential of predictive policing has often been exaggerated, this novel policing strategy nonetheless implies something substantially new: the underlying methods of (crime) data analysis. Moreover, these police prediction tools matter not only because of their capacity to generate near-term crime predictions but also because they have the potential to generally enhance police-related data crunching, ultimately giving rise to the comprehensive datafication of police work, creating an ongoin drive for extensive data collection and, hence, surveillance. This paper argues that because of its enablement of crime data analysis in general, predictive policing software will be an important incubator for datafied police work, especially when executed via data mining platforms, because it has made police authorities aware that the massive amounts of crime data they possess are quite valuable and can now be easily analyzed. These data are perceived to be even more useful when combined with external data sets and when processed on the largest possible scale. Ultimately, significant transformative effects are to be expected for policing, especially in relation to data collection practices and surveillance imperatives.en
dc.identifier.eissn1477-7487
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/13521
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-12304
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaftende
dc.subject.otherpredictive policingen
dc.subject.otherpolice worken
dc.subject.otherplatformizationen
dc.subject.otherbig dataen
dc.subject.othersurveillanceen
dc.titlePredictive Policing and the Platformization of Police Worken
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.24908/ss.v17i1/2.12920en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue1/2en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleSurveillance & Societyen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameUniversity of Newcastleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceNewcastle upon Tyneen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend88en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart83en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume17en
tub.accessrights.dnbfreeen
tub.affiliationFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umwelt::Inst. Soziologiede
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umweltde
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Soziologiede
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinen

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