Knowledge, technologies and the police

Abstract

This issue of the Nordic Journal of Science and Technology (NJSTS) is edited by the members of the research project ‘A Matter of Facts: Flows of Knowledge through  Digitalized Police Practices’. The project is carried out at the Norwegian Police University College and is funded by the Research Council of Norway (grant 301762). The aim of the project is to explore digital knowledge production in policing. Digitalization plays a major role in current plans and strategies within the Norwegian Police Service and digitalization is drawn out as a key process both for fighting and preventing crime as well as increasing efficiency of police work in general. As digital tools are presented as the solution to a host of challenges, there is also a need for more critical reflections on how digitalization affect police practices and knowledge  production. Our project thus asks; in what ways does digitalized police practices affect the production of knowledge, both within the police, and in their contact with the public?