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Facial recognition
Facial recognition
This chapter examines one of the most controversial law enforcement tools ofrecent years: facial recognition technology. The chapter first charts the growth and de-velopment of this technology—from niche curiosity to its current role as a powerfulsurveillance technology driven by advanced AI processing—before considering thecomplex human rights and social justice implications of its deployment. It concludesby highlighting how facial recognition, like other advanced digital policing tools, is ex-erting a profound impact on police–citizen encounters and on the nature of suspicionitself.
surveillance, human rights, suspicion
2747-9269
233-243
De Gruyter
Fussey, Pete
1553072f-da89-4ff8-963c-deb7bfd65c4f
Kaufmann, Mareile
Mork Lomell, Heidi
Fussey, Pete
1553072f-da89-4ff8-963c-deb7bfd65c4f
Kaufmann, Mareile
Mork Lomell, Heidi

Fussey, Pete (2025) Facial recognition. In, Kaufmann, Mareile and Mork Lomell, Heidi (eds.) De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Criminology. (De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Handbooks) De Gruyter, pp. 233-243. (doi:10.1515/9783111062037-028).

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This chapter examines one of the most controversial law enforcement tools ofrecent years: facial recognition technology. The chapter first charts the growth and de-velopment of this technology—from niche curiosity to its current role as a powerfulsurveillance technology driven by advanced AI processing—before considering thecomplex human rights and social justice implications of its deployment. It concludesby highlighting how facial recognition, like other advanced digital policing tools, is ex-erting a profound impact on police–citizen encounters and on the nature of suspicionitself.

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Published date: 17 March 2025
Keywords: surveillance, human rights, suspicion

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Local EPrints ID: 502403
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/502403
DOI: doi:10.1515/9783111062037-028
ISSN: 2747-9269
PURE UUID: 05b94cf6-12ee-4ccf-911d-e442069efe7c
ORCID for Pete Fussey: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-7133

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Date deposited: 25 Jun 2025 16:34
Last modified: 22 Aug 2025 02:45

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Author: Pete Fussey ORCID iD
Editor: Mareile Kaufmann
Editor: Heidi Mork Lomell

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