Call for chapters Automating Justice This call for chapters welcomes abstract submissions on the theme of Automating Justice for publication in an edited volume. It is intended that this book will be published by Springer or Routledge Publishing House. Autonomous systems have been gradually introduced over the past years to replace humans in many different areas. For example, autonomous systems (e.g., systems for data mining and analytics) are being used in election campaigns to help manipulate voters’ decisions; autonomous systems (e.g., predictive and analytic computer programs) are being used in criminal justice systems to assist police, prosecutors, judges, and other decision-makers; lethal semi-autonomous and autonomous weapon systems are being used for conducting combat operations in armed conflicts. The ability of such systems to act on their own with limited human control raises many criminological, legal, and ethical concerns. The overall objective of this edited volume is to critically explore – on the one hand – how autonomous systems might be beneficial to society, and – on the other hand – why they might represent a risk for human rights and other fundamental values of our societies. Themes that are of interest to the volume include: 1) Automation of crime control a) Automation of suspicion: the intelligence agencies’ use of automated risk tools and similar tools b) Predictive policing c) Algorithmic criminal justice: the use of automated systems to help judges in decisions on bail, decisions on sentencing, and decisions on parole. 2) The use of lethal semi-autonomous and autonomous weapons systems in military operations a) The use of machine learning algorithms to select military targets b) The (non)compliance of such systems with the requirements of international humanitarian law c) The problem of accountability in military operations carried out by such systems Other proposals within the scope will also be considered. We invite submissions of 400-500 words chapter proposals. Deadline: 31 July 2019 Submissions should be sent to the editors, Aleš Završnik, at: at ales.zavrsnik@pf.uni-lj.si, and Vasja Badalič, at vasja.badalic@pf.uni-lj.si Submissions should also include: a) Title of chapter b) Author/s name/s, institutional details c) Corresponding author’s email address d) Keywords (no more than 5) e) A short biography (15 lines) Authors will be informed of commissioning by 15 August 2019. Commissioned chapters will be around 6,000-9,000 words and will be due by 31 January 2020. The fact that an abstract is accepted does not guarantee publication of the final manuscript. All chapters submitted will be judged on the basis of a double-blind reviewing process. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the editors: Aleš Završnik: ales.zavrsnik@pf.uni-lj.si & Vasja Badalič: vasja.badalic@pf.uni-lj.si Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik, Senior Research Fellow Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana Poljanski nasip 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA P: +386 1 4203 251 E: ales.zavrsnik@pf.uni-lj.si F: +386 1 4203 245 W: www.inst-krim.si Recent work: Završnik, A. (2019). The European Digital Fortress and Large Biometric EU IT Systems: Border Criminology, Technology, and Human Rights, Dve domovini / Two Homelands, 49, pp. 51-67. http://twohomelands.zrc-sazu.si/en/articles/show/586/the-european-digital-fo... Završnik, A. (ed.) (2018). Big Data, Crime and Social Control, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Big-Data-Crime-and-Social-Control-1st-Edition/Zavr... Završnik, A. (2017). Algorithmic Surveillance: Big data, Algorithms and Social Control. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 2017, 68(2), pp. 135-149 (in Slovenian). https://www.policija.si/images/stories/Publikacije/RKK/PDF/2017/02/RKK2017-02_AlesZavrsnik_AlgoritmičnoNadzorstvo.pdf Završnik, A. (ed.) (2016). Drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems: Legal and Social Implications for Security and Surveillance. Cham [etc.]: Springer, 2016. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319237596 **************************************************** This is a message from the SURVEILLANCE listserv for research and teaching in surveillance studies. To unsubscribe, please send the following message to <LISTSERV@jiscmail.ac.uk>: UNSUBSCRIBE SURVEILLANCE For further help, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help ****************************************************