Sarah Brayne, “Big Data Surveillance: The Case of Policing,” American Sociological Review, 2017 Mass information is changing criminal justice surveillance. Police departments have begun to use massive digital datasets — referred to as “big data” — to reduce crime rates. However, these practices can prompt inadvertent social consequences, according to sociologist, Sarah Brayne. Brayne spent more … Continue reading Zoom in and Enhance: Big Data meets Crime