04243oam 2200721I 450 991082448440332120240501011152.01-134-03486-51-134-03479-21-281-33196-197866113319621-84392-488-910.4324/9781843924883 (CKB)1000000000724338(EBL)449689(OCoLC)609842666(SSID)ssj0000310805(PQKBManifestationID)11226833(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310805(PQKBWorkID)10312959(PQKB)11665392(MiAaPQ)EBC449689(Au-PeEL)EBL449689(CaPaEBR)ebr10305970(CaONFJC)MIL133196(OCoLC)824698440(OCoLC)48835931(FINmELB)ELB152012(EXLCZ)99100000000072433820180706d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe surveillance web the rise of visual surveillance in an English city /Michael McCahill1st ed.Cullompton, Devon, UK Willan Pub.2002Cullompton, Devon, U.K. ;Portland, Or. :Willan Pub.,2002.1 online resource (237 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-99815-X 1-903240-80-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; The Surveillance Web: The rise of visual surveillance in an English city; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Theory and Method; Chapter 1 Towards a contemporary theory of surveillance; Time-space distanciation and the panopticon; Post-Fordism and surveillance; The risk society; From theory to method; Part 2 The Rise of Visual Surveillance in Northern City; Chapter 2 The story of Northern City; The CCTV Challenge Competition; The local media and CCTV; CCTV in the Daily Echo; Summary; Chapter 3 The surveillance webThe human mediation of technology: limits to system integrationSummary; Part 3 Three Case Studies of Visual Surveillance Systems; Chapter 4 The panopticon mall; The social construction of suspicion in two shopping malls; Familiar names and familiar faces: personalised suspicion in a shopping mall; Appropriate use of space in a shopping mall; Managerial concerns; Discussion; Chapter 5 Watching the workers; Managing the threat to profitability: monitoring the external threat; Managing the threat to profitability: monitoring the internal threat; Improving worker performance; DiscussionChapter 6 Watching the tenantsBackground; External versus internal dangers: the CCTV system; The access control system; The 'violence of poverty'; Discussion: the 'context specificity' of visual surveillance systems; Part 4 Back to Theory; Chapter 7 Back to theory; The 'electronic panopticon'; Governance and risk; Post-Fordism, folklore and class solidarities; Bibliography; IndexThe rise of CCTV and surveillance technologies has been one of the key developments in contemporary society, but its impact has often been analysed in a fragmented manner. This book addresses this issue by providing a detailed, micro-sociological account of the construction of a CCTV network in one English city. It differs from previous studies (which have concentrated on open street CCTV systems) in documenting and analysing the use of visual surveillance systems in a number of different locations and institutional settings, including the industrial workplace, shopping malls, high-rise housinClosed-circuit televisionEnglandCrime preventionEnglandElectronic surveillanceEnglandClosed-circuit televisionCrime preventionElectronic surveillance363.25/2McCahill Michael.1659006MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824484403321The surveillance web4013404UNINA