Social Surveillance and the Rise of the ‘Police Machine’

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-117

  Mcmullan, John L ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colquhoun; crime control; pastoral power; police and policing; social surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001854384     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480698002001005     Document Type: Article

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