Panoptic dreams : streetscape video surveillance in Canada / Sean P. Hier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hier, Sean P. (Sean Patrick), 1971-

Series:

Law and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video surveillance--Canada.

Video surveillance.

Video surveillance--Social aspects--Canada.

Electronic surveillance--Canada.

Electronic surveillance.

Electronic surveillance--Social aspects--Canada.

Privacy, Right of--Canada.

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 302 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010.

Summary:

Canada is often lauded as a model democracy that values the constitutional rights of its citizens. So when over a thousand people - most of whom were peaceful protesters or hapless bystanders - were violently arrested and then detained without charge during the G20 Summit in Toronto in 2010, many Canadians felt shock and outrage. Putting the State on Trial: The Policing of Protest during the G20 Summit examines the political, social, and economic conditions that "allowed" the policing of the summit to culminate in human and civil rights violations. Written by a multi-disciplinary group of scholars and legal practitioners, this book contextualizes events before, during, and after the summit from a range of perspectives. Although the G20 protests serve as a point of departure in every chapter, the contributing authors engage with larger questions about the control of dissent, the impact of the securitization and internationalization of Canadian politics, the implications of legal uncertainty, and the accountability vacuum.

Contents:

Streetscape monitoring programs in Canada. Introduction ; Establishing streetscape monitoring programs

The rise of streetscape monitoring programs. Monitoring programs in French Canada ; Sudbury's Lion's Eye in the Sky ; Kelowna and the constitutional debate about public-area video surveillance ; London's downtown camera project

The spread of streetscape monitoring programs. The expansion of streetscape monitoring programs ; Thwarted efforts to establish streetscape monitoring programs ; Thunder Bay's Eye on the Street ; Panoptic dreams : arguments, implications, and recommendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780774818735

OCLC:

923449740