Digital Transformation in Policing: The Promise, Perils and Solutions

This book explores how the social sciences and technology can advance digital policing to manage the complexity of the criminal and digital policing landscape, which is influenced by globalization, human and drug trafficking, cybercrime, terrorism, and other transnational crimes. It offers concepts, theories, and digital policing applications, highlighting current technological and methodological solutions and advances in integrated computational and analytical solutions. It also provides a comprehensive analysis of the technical, ethical, legal, privacy, and civil liberty challenges of digital policing and offers recommendations for best practices.

Format: Hardback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 03 January 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This book delves into the transformative potential of the social sciences and technology in addressing the complex challenges posed by criminal and digital policing. The criminal and digital policing landscape is characterized by its dynamic and intricate nature, stemming from persistent and transnational crimes such as globalization, human and drug trafficking, cybercrime, terrorism, and other forms of transnational crime. These crimes have far-reaching impacts on societies worldwide, necessitating a reassessment of the concepts of crime, national security, and policing.

Recent global events, including human and drug trafficking, the COVID-19 pandemic, violent protests, cyber threats, and terrorist activities, underscore the vulnerabilities of our current security and digital policing posture. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of current and emerging trends in digital policing, employing an evidence-based approach. It highlights technological and methodological solutions, as well as advances in integrated computational and analytical solutions, deployed in digital policing. Furthermore, it provides a thorough examination of the technical, ethical, legal, privacy, and civil liberty challenges arising from these advancements.

The research gathered in this book contributes to the broader body of work on various aspects of AI, cybersecurity, national security, and digital policing. By exploring the intersection of these fields, the book provides valuable insights and recommendations for designing and implementing best practices in digital policing. It emphasizes the importance of technical, ethical, and legal approaches in ensuring the responsible and effective use of digital technologies in law enforcement and security operations.

In conclusion, this book offers a timely and insightful exploration of the opportunities and challenges associated with the integration of social sciences and technology in criminal and digital policing. It provides a comprehensive analysis of current trends, challenges, and solutions, and serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, law enforcement professionals, researchers, and students interested in advancing the field of digital policing.

Weight: 436g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031096907
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023