AI that anticipates where crimes are likely to occur and who might commit them has a troubling track record. Democratic accountability could shine a light on the technology and how it’s used.

Our new research identifies four ways these protests are being criminalised and repressed.

As police departments across the US and the world adopt real-time crime centers, there’s a need for better public understanding of how these centers work.

Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.

As climate change ravages coastal livelihoods, piracy is on the rise, imperilling seafarers and trade.

"We have to figure out why officers are searching innocent Blacks more than innocent whites... the bias is there."

A social science researcher followed a dozen teens from different neighborhoods in North, West and Northeast Philadelphia, tracking their family histories and heart rates as they navigated daily life.