Cargando…

Video Surveillance : Power and Privacy in Everyday Life.

Yesil proposes that video surveillance is not a novel technology specific to the post-September 11 era, but that it can be historicized within crime prevention and risk management initiatives going back to the 1970s. Analyzing press coverage, security industry statements, and federal agency and law...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yesil, Bilge
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010.
Colección:Recht und Gesellschaft.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Yesil proposes that video surveillance is not a novel technology specific to the post-September 11 era, but that it can be historicized within crime prevention and risk management initiatives going back to the 1970s. Analyzing press coverage, security industry statements, and federal agency and law enforcement reports, Yesil discusses this visual technique of knowing and communicating as part of the larger culture of control, and she situates it in the broader processes of rationalization and normalization. Based on interviews with police officers, school administrators, students and private c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (175 pages)
ISBN:9781593325763
1593325762