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CCTV and policing : public area surveillance and police practices in Britain / Benjamin J. Goold.
LIBRA HV7936.T4 G66 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goold, B. J. (Benjamin Jervis), 1970-
- Series:
- Clarendon studies in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television in police work--Great Britain.
- Television in police work.
- Closed-circuit television--Great Britain.
- Closed-circuit television.
- Detention of persons--Great Britain.
- Detention of persons.
- Electronic surveillance.
- Great Britain.
- Electronic surveillance--Great Britain.
- Police--Great Britain.
- Police.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 244 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- CCTV and Policing considers how the introduction of closed circuit television (CCTV) has affected policing practices in Britain. Based on original field research, the volume examines the various factors that have shaped police CCTV use, and challenges claims that the spread of public area CCTV is indicative of a movement towards increasingly authoritarian forms of policing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-240] and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199265143
- OCLC:
- 52990763
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