Description: "Virtual Searches addresses the challenges raised by the myriad new technologies that allow the police to carry out their investigations remotely and covertly. The book develops a coherent regulatory framework governing their use-one that is consistent with the Constitution, ensures democratic participation, and holds policing agencies accountable without denying them the benefits of scientific innovation"--
Brief description: Christopher Slobogin is Milton Underwood Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University. He is one of the five most cited criminal law and procedure law professors in the country, and one of the top 60 most cited law professors according to Hein Online.
Review Quotes: "Well-written, encyclopedic, and persuasive, Virtual Searches offers a fully-formed theory on the Fourth Amendment's future in the face of new technologies. The rigor and depth of Slobogin's analysis is rock solid and he offers a clear approach to regulating the hardest questions emerging around new policing technologies."--Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, author of The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement