Capturing crime, criminals and the public's imagination: Assembling Crime Stoppers and CCTV surveillance

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-152

  Lippert, Randy ^a   Wilkinson, Blair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

assemblage; CCTV; crime; Crime Stoppers; governance; media; social construction; surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956284512     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659010369950     Document Type: Review

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