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EPISODE · Dec 13, 2017 · 40 MIN

The Rise of Big Data Policing with Andrew Ferguson

from Voir Dire: Conversations from the Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management · host HKS Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management

The use of big data in the criminal legal system raises some thorny legal, cultural, and ethical questions. What level of surveillance are we willing to tolerate? Is data actually objective? What will happen to legal standards like reasonable suspicion as our information changes? These are questions we need to ask and answer soon, because big data is already infiltrating law enforcement and the criminal legal system more broadly.

The use of big data in the criminal legal system raises some thorny legal, cultural, and ethical questions. What level of surveillance are we willing to tolerate? Is data actually objective? What will happen to legal standards like reasonable suspicion as our information changes? These are questions we need to ask and answer soon, because big data is already infiltrating law enforcement and the criminal legal system more broadly.

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