The banality of security: The curious case of surveillance cameras

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 977-996

  Goold, Benjamin ^b   Loader, Ian ^a   Thumala, Angélica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

banality; camera surveillance; material culture; objects; security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886436106     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azt044     Document Type: Article

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