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Surveillance & crime / Roy Coleman and Michael McCahill.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Coleman, Roy, 1964-
Contributor:
McCahill, Michael.
Series:
Key approaches to criminology.
Key approaches to criminology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Electronic surveillance.
Electronic surveillance--Social aspects.
Police patrol--Surveillance operations.
Police patrol.
Crime.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (218 p.) : ill.
Other Title:
Surveillance and crime
Place of Publication:
London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Offering an understanding of the relationship between crime surveillance and criminal justice, this book explores the development of surveillance technologies within a historical context. It also looks at how surveillance technologies are shaped by existing social relations, political practices, and organizational contexts.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements and Dedication; 1 Introduction: Surveillance, Crime and Controversy; 2 Understanding Surveillance; 3 The Historical Foundations of Surveillance; 4 New Policing and New Surveillance; 5 Globalisation, Surveillance and the 'War' on Terror; 6 Surveillance, Power and Social Impacts; 7 'Contesting' and'Resisting' Surveillance: The Politics of Visibility and Invisibility; 8 Deconstructing Surveillance, Crime and Power; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9786613555175
9781446251379
1446251373
9781280347016
1280347015
9781849204446
1849204446
OCLC:
793325075

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