In this account of the uses of surveillance in art, performance and popular culture, John E. McGrath puts forward the idea that we have much to gain from the experience of being watched.
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"Focusing mainly on London and Manchester, but with reference also to Glasgow, Dublin, Paris, Vienna, colonial India, and even contemporary Los Angeles, Patrick Joyce develops Foucauldian approaches to historiography to reflect on the nature of modern liberal society. His consid…
"These thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society, ' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged, and question what links them to the emergence of …
N an age of mass camera surveillance people in the UK have become the most watched, catalogued and categorised people in the western world, all with little public debate or opposition. Nor has there been much more critical research that understands CCTV within the broader social…
"By exposing the very different values and legal systems of the Dene and non-Dene, this books sets the framework for the possibility of a Dene-controlled and culturally appropriate justice system ... [is] of value to those interested in native self-government, constitutional rig…
"By exposing the very different values and legal systems of the Dene and non-Dene, this books sets the framework for the possibility of a Dene-controlled and culturally appropriate justice system ... [is] of value to those interested in native self-government, constitutional rig…
Crime is a matter of interpretation, especially in the Middle Ages, when societies faced with new ideas and pressures were continually forced to rethink what a crime was-and what was a crime. These essays reveal how various forces in medieval society interacted and competed in i…
"This volume brings together distinguished scholars and cutting-edge experts in the fields of ethnography, law, and social control to present a comprehensive, insightful, and state-of-the-art overview of the everyday work and activities of legal and social control professionals,…
Bringing together scholars and experts in ethnography, law, and social control, this collection presents an overview of the everyday work and activities of legal and social control professionals, functionaries, and participants. It emphasizes the need to consider the organizatio…