Big Data (Criminology at the Edge)

The internet has launched the world into an era into which enormous amounts of data are


generated every day through technologies with both positive and negative consequences.


This often refers to big data . This book explores big data in organisations operating in the


criminology and criminal justice fields.


Big data entails a major disruption in the ways we think about and do things, which


certainly applies to most organisations including those operating in the criminology and


criminal justice fields. Big data is currently disrupting processes in most organisations – how


different organisations collaborate with one another, how organisations develop products


or services, how organisations can identify, recruit, and evaluate talent, how organisations


can make better decisions based on empirical evidence rather than intuition, and how


organisations can quickly implement any transformation plan, to name a few.


All these processes are important to tap into, but two underlying processes are critical


to establish a foundation that will permit organisations to flourish and thrive in the era of


big data – creating a culture more receptive to big data and implementing a systematic data


analytics-driven process within the organisation.


Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars in


criminology, criminal justice, sociology, and cultural studies but also to government


agencies, corporate and non-corporate organisations, or virtually any other institution


impacted by big data.