Policing, Surveillance and Social Control

ISBN-13: 9780415627849 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012

Tim Newburn; Stephanie Hayman

Opis

This work reports the results of research carried out in a London police station on the role and impact of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in the management and surveillance of suspects.

Spis treści

1. Background  2. The Kilburn Experiment  3. The custody suite; who are the detainees?  4. Watching and being watched  5. The view from the cells  6. We're all on camera now  7. Conclusion; policing, CCTV and social control  8. Postscript - using CCTV in the custody suite  Appendix

O autorze

Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He is currently President of the British Society of Criminology. Tim is the author or editor of over 30 books, the most recent of which are The Politics of Crime Control (edited with Paul Rock, Oxford University Press 2006); Policy Transfer and Criminal Justice (with Trevor Jones, Open University Press 2007); and the Handbook of Criminal Investigation (co-edited with Tom Williamson and Alan Wright, Willan Publishing 2007).