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This timely book presents rare ethnographic data within an outstanding analysis of current debates on predictive policing. Conceptualising predictive policing as a sociotechnical system, the book describes various translation processes that lay bare the political, cultural and organisational forces at work. This welcome book sets the standards for future research on data-driven policing.

Janet Chan, Professor, UNSW Law

Wary of simplistic dystopia/utopia dichotomies, Criminal Futures offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich account of predictive policing as a sociotechnical process. This is a landmark study, providing frameworks and analytical tools for understanding - and responding to - the rapid datafication of security that is unfolding.

Dean Wilson, Professor of Criminology, University of Sussex

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