Surveillance

Question 1

Foucault’s approaches to punishment

Answer 1

Sovereign power & disciplinary power

Question 2

Sovereign power

Answer 2

A period before the 19th century when a monarch had absolute power over people and their bodies. Control asserted by inflicting visible punishment on body. Brutal & public

Question 3

Disciplinary power

Answer 3

More dominant since 19th century, this new form of control seeks to govern not just the body but also the mind or soul. Done through surveillance

Question 4

Panopticon features

Answer 4

Circular design with cells on the external wall
Watchtower in centre
Fewer prison guards - not visible
Self surveillance becomes self discipline

Question 5

Criticism of Foucault

Answer 5

The panopticon is an expensive and abstracy concept
CCTV doesn’t stop crime - displacement

Question 6

What does Mathiesen argue?

Answer 6

The panopticon allows the few to monitor the many, but today new media allows the many to monitor the few

Question 7

Synopticon

Answer 7

Everybody watches everybody

Question 8

Examples of synopticons

Answer 8

Mobile phones
Dash camera
Social media
Go pros

Question 9

What do Feeley and Simon argue?

Answer 9

The new technology of power is emerging in the CJS. Focusing on groups rather than indivuals, uninterested in rehabilitation and using actuarial analsyis to identify high risk groups

Question 10

Actuarial analysis

Answer 10

Calculates statistical risk of something happening, like particular events