‘When something doesn’t fit the story’: human suspicion and discretion in frontline border checks in times of datafication and technologisation

In this article, I ask how Finnish border guards negotiate their role as human decision-makers in frontline border checks in the current era of datafication and technologisation. I address this question by delving into the key decision made in frontline border checks: namely, whether to let travelle...

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1. VerfasserIn: Fabritius, Nora (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2024
In: Policing and society
Jahr: 2024, Band: 34, Heft: 10, Seiten: 1108-1123
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