About the Book​​

Next Steps into Criminal Justice Activism examines how emerging technologies are reshaping policing, courts, and criminal legal decision-making.

 

Authored by Nicholas E. Stewart and Angelina Helm, the book combines legal analysis, reporting, and interviews with leading scholars to explore the ethical and institutional challenges posed by algorithmic systems in the justice system.

 

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What the Book Covers

• Risk assessment tools, facial recognition, predictive policing, and AI-driven courtroom technologies

• Algorithms and digital evidence in bail, sentencing, and prosecution

• Accountability, transparency, and civil rights concerns in legal technology

 

Contributors & Editorial Context

• Interviews with Columbia Law Professors Daniel Richman and Amber Baylor and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor Colleen Shanahan

• Editorial contributions from Dr. Jamie Fader (Temple University) and Jay Stanley (ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project)

 

Academic Use

The book has been adopted or promoted in university courses at UC Berkeley, Temple University, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud State University, and Queensland University of Technology.​

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Reviews

“This book is a must-read for youth — and frankly, their elders — seeking to better understand and rein in the ways the AI revolution threatens to expand the carceral and surveillance states.”
Brandon Buskey, Director, ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project

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“I’ve studied crime and justice for three decades, and I still learned a lot from this book.”
Jamie J. Fader, PhD, Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University