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- ISBN: 9780415688635 | 0415688639
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 3/12/2014
It has been said that the study of surveillance has been particularly good at studying the watchers, but not as good as studying the watched. This book marks a decisive break with Foucauldian perspectives by placing the subjects of surveillance on centre stage. Based on a large research project based in a Northern City in the UK and focusing mainly on the use of surveillance in the context of policing and security, Michael McCahill explores how a diverse range of social groups ('¬Üschool children'¬", '¬Üpolitical protesters'¬", '¬Üpersistent offenders'¬", '¬Üflawed consumers'¬", '¬Üglobal migrants'¬", and '¬Üpolice officers'¬") experience and respond to being monitored by a wide range of '¬Ünew surveillance'¬" technologies (CCTV cameras, Electronic Monitoring, and drug testing) used across the '¬Üpublic-private'¬" divide.