Smart Surveillance: How to Interpret the Fourth Amendment in the Twenty-First Century

Simmons, Ric

ISBN 10: 1108483607 / ISBN 13: 9781108483605

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Smart Surveillance: How to Interpret the Fourth Amendment in the Twenty-First Century
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108483607
• ISBN 13: 9781108483605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Over the last decade, law enforcement agencies have engaged in increasingly intrusive surveillance methods, from location tracking on cell phones to reading metadata off of e-mails. As a result, many believe we are heading towards an omniscient surveillance state and irrevocable damage to our privacy rights. In Smart Surveillance, Ric Simmons challenges this conventional wisdom by taking a broader look at the effect of new technologies and privacy, arguing that advances in technology can enhance our privacy and our security at the same time. Rather than focusing exclusively on the rise of invasive surveillance technologies, Simmons proposes a fundamentally new method of evaluating government searches - based on quantification, transparency, and efficiency - resulting in a legal regime that can adapt as technology and society change.

About the Author

Ric Simmons is the Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer Professor for the Administration of Justice and Rule of Law at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University. He is the co-author of four textbooks on evidence and criminal procedure, and he has published over two dozen scholarly articles in law journals. His scholarship focuses on the Fourth Amendment and how courts and legislatures should react to the impact of new technologies in regulating surveillance.