This literature review illuminates the conceptualization of predictive policing, and also its
potential and realized benefits and drawbacks. The review shows a discrepancy between …

National governments now recognize online hate speech as a pernicious social problem. In
the wake of political votes and terror attacks, hate incidents online and offline are known to …

New and emerging forms of data, including posts harvested from social media sites such as
Twitter, have become part of the sociologist's data diet. In particular, some researchers see …

The handling of a large amount of data to analyze certain behaviors is reaching a great
popularity in the decade 2010–2020. This phenomenon has been called Big Data. In the …

The infusion of digital technology into contemporary society has had significant effects for
everyday life and for everyday crimes. Digital Criminology: Crime and Justice in Digital …

The launch of the United Nations (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015
was a historic event, uniting countries around the world around the shared agenda of …

The rise of digital technology is transforming the world in which we live. Our digitalized
societies demand new ways of thinking about the social, and this short book introduces …

Illegal dum**, referring to the intentional and criminal abandonment of waste in
unauthorized areas, has long plagued governments and environmental agencies …

Particularly in the last decade, Internet usage has been growing rapidly. However, as the
Internet becomes a part of the day to day activities, cybercrime is also on the rise …

Recent years have seen persistent tension between proponents of big data analytics, using
new forms of digital data to make computational and statistical claims about 'the social', and …