CCTV and policing
Subtitle: public area surveillance and police practices in Britain
By: Benjamin J. Goold.
Series: Clarendon studies in criminology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Television in police work -- Great Britain; Closed-circuit television -- Great Britain; Electronic surveillance -- Great Britain; Electronics in crime prevention; Detention of persons -- Great Britain; Police -- Great Britain
Description: Goold considers how the introduction of CCTV has affected policing practices in Britain. The text examines the various factors that have shaped police CCTV use, and challenges claims that the spread of public area CCTV is indicative of a movement towards increasingly authoritarian forms of policing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-240) and index.