My latest article, entitled “Staying in control: predictive policing, democracy, and digital sovereignty”, has now been published as online first version in Democratization.
Based on empirical data from research on predictive policing, the paper asks how state actors internally deal with the challenges that digital technologies present for democratic principles. The analysis highlights how, based on digital sovereignty considerations, the police value control over data, the absence of black boxes, as well as accountability requirements towards the public.
The article is available as full Open Access version, courtesy of ETH Zurich.
Matthias Leese 