Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is a professor of law at American University Washington College of Law. [1]

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He specializes in predictive policing, big data surveillance, and juries. Ferguson has written about the US Department of Justice's problematic funding of big data surveillance technologies. [2]

Ferguson is also a Technology Fellow at the New York University School of Law's Policing Project.

Education and career

Ferguson received his BA from Williams College in 1994 and his JD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He has an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.

Ferguson clerked for Carolyn Dineen King who is currently the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Ferguson was a supervising attorney for seven years at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. [3]

Books

Ferguson's book The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement looks at the role of surveillance technology and predictive analytics in modern policing. [4]

His first book Why Jury Duty Matters: A Citizen’s Guide to Constitutional Action is meant for jurors on jury duty. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Guthrie Ferguson". The Conversation . June 5, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  2. ↑ Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (February 7, 2024). "DOJ funding pipeline subsidizes questionable big data surveillance technologies". theconversation.com. The Conversation . Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Andrew Guthrie Ferguson". american.edu. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  4. ↑ Reviews of The Rise of Big Data Policing: Ian T. Adams (2019), Public Administration Review, doi : 10.1111/puar.13096; Jessica Lindsey Roan Hatrick (2019), International Journal of Communication, ; Frances Henry (2018), Security Journal, doi : 10.1057/s41284-018-0129-2; Gianclaudio Malgieri (2018), European Data Protection Law Review, ; Philip Manning (2019), Contemporary Sociology, doi : 10.1177/0094306119828696l; Aaron Shapiro (2018), Surveillance & Society, doi : 10.24908/ss.v16i1.7941; Ivan Shmatko (2020), Canadian Journal of Sociology, doi : 10.29173/cjs29686; Torbjørn Skardhamar (2019), Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift, ; Robert L. Smith (2019), Theory in Action, doi : 10.3798/tia.1937-0237.1926
  5. ↑ Reviews of Why Jury Duty Matters: Kirkus Reviews, ; Rachel Bridgewater (2013), Library Journal, ; Arthur L. Burnett (2014), Criminal Justice, ProQuest   1507290695; Cindy Simmons (2013–2014), "Explaining jury duty to a lay audience", Judicature,


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