Law Enforcement and Technology

Andy Bain is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Mount Union, Ohio, USA. He is the co-author of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: A Theoretical Perspective (2015, with Mark Lauchs and Peter Bell) and Professional Risk Taking with People: A Guide to Decision-Making in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice (2008, with David Carson). Andy has published in a number of leading international academic and professional journals. His professional background includes four years with the National Probation Service (England and Wales) and six years running a successful criminal justice consultancy group.

• Chapter 1. Introduction; Andy Bain.- Chapter 2. Horsepower, Fingerprints and Forensics: The Development of Technology and Law Enforcement; Andy Bain.- Chapter 3. Advances in Technology and Policing: 21st Century America; Bill MacKey and Brandon Courtney.- Chapter 4. Positive Policing: Communication and the Community; Andy Bain.- Chapter 5. Technology at Work: Attitudes Toward Law Enforcement in 'Social' Media; Bryan K. Robinson.- Chapter 6. Technology in the Aid of Investigative Processes; James Conser and Louis Carsone.- Chapter 7. Technology Limitations in Policing (The Reality is...); Andrew Turowski.- Chapter 8. Technology and the Future of Policing; Andy Bain, Louis Carsone, James Conser, Brandon Courtney, Bill MacKey, Bryan K. Robinson and Andrew Turowski.