Introduction Guns play a variety of roles in American life—as tools of crime and self-defense, political symbols, markers of individual identity, instruments of recreation, and more. But at the most basic level, guns are a technology designed to inflict violence, whether for good (as in justified self-defense) or for ill (as in criminal or negligent […] Continue Reading >
Introduction In cities across America, Real-Time Crime Centers monitor the streets.[1] Surveillance cameras feed video monitors, sensors alert to unusual activities, automated license plate readers scan passing cars, gunshot detection systems report loud sounds, and community-aided dispatch calls animate a central command center.[2] The fusion of various technologies allows real time response to emergencies and […] Continue Reading >
Waging an Effective War on Consumer Credit: The Case and Framework for Reducing Credit Card Penetration in Favor of Debit Cards
Technologies of Violence: Law, Markets, and Innovation for Gun Safety
Waging an Effective War on Consumer Credit: The Case and Framework for Reducing Credit Card Penetration in Favor of Debit Cards
Introduction American consumers are racking up credit card debt like never before.[1] Despite “rising wages and a low unemployment rate,” delinquencies are on the rise[2] and increasing at a rate unrivaled since the 2008 financial crisis.[3] And while lower income households often—and perhaps rationally—assume credit card debt burdens to get by,[4] six-figure earners also find […] Continue Reading >
Video Analytics and Fourth Amendment Vision
Fast Cars, Open Highways, and Bulk Data Collection: Fourth Amendment Limits on Police Use of Smart Infrastructure
Introduction Traffic lights today are not just signals—they are sensors, too. “Smart” infrastructure is quickly but quietly lining public roads. Forty percent of American intersections will be smart by 2040.[1] This digitization would happen sooner if traffic authorities were not simultaneously connecting the crosswalks, tunnels, bridges, and overpasses stitching those intersections together. This is the […] Continue Reading >