Surveillance Theory

Question 1

What is meant by surveillance and and what are some methods of it?

Answer 1

Surveillance involves monitoring people around crime.
-CCTV
-technology

Question 2

What is Bentham’s theory ?

Answer 2

THE PANOPTICON. This is a disciplinary concept brought to life in the form of a central observation tower placed within a circle of prison cells. So the guard in the tower can watch every cell but the inmates can’t see inside the tower. Therefore the prisoners never know if they are being watched which leads to self surveillance.

Question 3

What does Foucalt suggest?

Answer 3

In modern society we are increasingly being controlled through self surveillance and other institutions like mental hospitals and schools have followed this pattern and so disciplinary power and self surveillance is infiltrated in every part of society.

Question 4

What did mathieson suggest?

Answer 4

SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE. as well as surveillance from above as in the panopticon, we now have surveillance from below. Which he called ‘synopticon’ which is where everyone is watching everyone.

Question 5

What are some evaluations of the surveillance theory ?

Answer 5

-STRENGTH: It has stimulated research into surveillance and disciplinary power.
-WEAKNESSES: som offenders take no notice of CCTV.