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Political Science Civil Rights

Panoptic Dreams

Streetscape Video Surveillance in Canada

by (author) Sean P. Hier

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2011
Category
Civil Rights, Law Enforcement
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774818728
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774818711
    Publish Date
    Aug 2010
    List Price
    $95.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774818735
    Publish Date
    Jul 2011
    List Price
    $32.95

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The number of Canadian cities using video surveillance systems to monitor city streets is growing. In Panoptic Dreams, Sean Hier explores how and why Canadian cities introduced street surveillance programs between 1981 and 2005 and brings to light the governance structures and privacy protection policy frameworks that made these programs possible. This book uses empirical findings to reflect critically on video surveillance policy and design structures in Canada. The original analyses will assist academics, privacy advocates, and others with community-based interests to assess the strengths and weaknesses of establishing streetscape CCTV surveillance monitoring systems.

About the author

Sean P. Hier is Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, where he teaches in the areas of race and social issues. He is also the general editor of Contemporary Sociological Thought: Themes and Theories.

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