Surveillance

Question 1

Use

Answer 1

to detect and prevent crime
= monitoring of oublic behav for purpose of crime control carried out by CCTV, biometric scanning info databases

Question 2

Physical Methods

Answer 2

eg CCTV cameras - used to watch over neighbourhoods - designed to deter crims - inc chance will be caught

Question 3

Technological Surveillance

Answer 3

screening online communs & phone calls & col personal data
govs & polic use to keep track of known crims & detect crim & terrorist activity - makes harder to org online

Question 4

Foucault (1997)

Answer 4

prisons exert their disciplinary power using surveillance - physical - CCTV guards to prevent bad behav but much = internal - if know are being observed will behave all the time

Question 5

Types of Power

Foucault

Answer 5

**sovereign power **- monarch had absilute power over ppl & their bodies - assert control by inflicting visible punishment on body - brutal & emotional spectacle - execution
disciplinary power - became dom from C19 & involves new system of discipline that seeks to gov mind soul & body via sur

Question 6

Criticisms

Answer 6

some argue accessing personal data & online coms gives gov too much power over indus who haven’t commited crime - see as breach of privacy