Media, communication and the establishment of public camera surveillance programmes in Canada

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 727-751

  Hier, Sean P ^a   Greenberg, Josh ^b   Walby, Kevin ^b   Lett, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CCTV; Crime; Law and order politics; Responsibilization; Social disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548213096     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443707080534     Document Type: Article

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