Introduction: An eye on surveillance and governance
Surveillance and Governance: Crime Control and Beyond
ISBN: 978-0-7623-1416-4, eISBN: 978-1-84950-558-1
Publication date: 29 February 2008
Abstract
This volume presents recent insights in the sociological study of surveillance and governance in the context of criminal justice and other control strategies in contemporary societies. The collected chapters provide a varied set of theoretical perspectives and substantive research domains on the qualities and quantities of some of the most recent transformations of social control as well as their historical precursors in diverse social settings. Drawn from several quarters of the world, the contributors to this volume testify to the increasing relevance of surveillance and governance across the globe and, at the same time, demonstrate the cross-national spread of scholarly ideas on the study thereof.
Citation
Deflem, M. (2008), "Introduction: An eye on surveillance and governance", Deflem, M. and Ulmer, J.T. (Ed.) Surveillance and Governance: Crime Control and Beyond (Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1521-6136(07)00219-9
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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