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cjm 68: Security and Surveillance

Leading academics and practitioners raise a number of concerns about the extension of surveillance and security measures in the latest edition of Criminal Justice Matters. Edited by Professor Kevin Stenson, of Middlesex University, it looks at range of issues including electronic monitoring, ID cards, CCTV, theories of surveillance and includes an interview with the UK's information commissioner, Richard Thomas.

Editorial (Adobe PDF, 82KB) - Professor Kevin Stenson

How did we get here? (Adobe PDF, 178KB) - Professor David Lyon

'Drawing the line' and 'applying the brakes' (Adobe PDF, 380KB) - an interview with Richard Thomas, the UK's Information Commissioner

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Full list of articles in print version of cjm 68

• EDITORIAL - SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE
  Kevin Stenson puts this issue in context.
• HOW DID WE GET HERE?
  David Lyon examines the background to our surveillance society and calls for vigilanceto keep it under control.
• SECURITY, SURVEILLANCE AND COUNTER-LAW
  Richard Ericson reviews the changing faceof the law relating to security and surveillance.
• POLICING OPERATION ORE
  Caroline Metcalf examines the difficultiesBritish police face in tackling child sexualabuse through the internet.
• TRACKING OFFENDERS BY SATELLITE - PROGRESSOR COST-CUTTING?
  Mike Nellis is concerned about the effectof satellite technology on the supervision ofoffenders.
• MUSLIM COMMUNITIES UNDER SURVEILLANCE
  Basia Spalek and Bob Lambert argue that anti-terrorismpolicies and increased police activity havealienated Muslims and failed to improve nationalsecurity.
• US AND THEM - THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF 'NEWSURVEILLANCE' TECHNOLOGIES
  Michael McCahill argues that new surveillancetechnologies are reinforcing and worsening socialinequalities.
• ASK THE CHILDREN
  ZoC+ Hilton and Chris Mills summarise theirresearch on what young people think about thegovernment's information sharing proposals.
• ENHANCED SUPERVISION OR SURVEILLANCE?THE USE OF CCTV IN APPROVED PREMISES
  Bernie Heath is concerned about the wholesaleintroduction of CCTV in probation hostels andthe implications for high-risk offenders.
• POLICING PRIVATE SPACE - A THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
  Mark Button looks at security officers andtheir contribution to policing and surveillance.
• TAKING SURVEILLANCE OUT OF THE ISSP
  Tony Goodman hopes that the Brown administrationwill take a more welfare approach to workingwith young offenders.
• 'DRAWING THE LINE' AND 'APPLYING THE BRAKES':AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD THOMAS,THE UK'S INFORMATION COMMISSIONER
  Enver Solomon and Kevin Stenson ask Richard Thomashow he sees the future of surveillance andinformation collection.
• RISKY OR AT RISK? YOUNG PEOPLE, SURVEILLANCEAND SECURITY
  Surveillance strategies need to focus more onyoung people as victims rather than potentialcriminals write Denise Martin, Caroline Chatwinand David Porteous.
• BALANCE, SCRUTINY AND IDENTITY CARDS IN THE UK
  Cheryl A Edwardes, Ian Hosein and Edgar A Whitleycontend that the government's argument thatID cards are for the 'greater good' needs to bescrutinised and balanced against the needs ofthe individual.
• OPEN-STREET CCTV CANADIAN STYLE
  Randy Lippert describes how Canada is movingtowards increased CCTV presence.
• THE ARCHITECTURE OF SURVEILLANCE
  Richard Jones writes about the politics and designof surveillance systems and compares the views ofleading theorists.
• ELECTRONIC MONITORING, COMMERCIAL SURVEILLANCEAND THE 'MALFUNCTIONING SUBJECT'
  Craig Paterson looks at the implications ofelectronic monitoring for modern society.
• SECURING THE NEUROCITY
  David Murakami Wood warns that cities couldbe transformed beyond recognition by hi-techsurveillance if protocols are not put in place.
• STOLEN IDENTITIES
  Jennifer Whitson and Kevin D Haggerty arguethat companies' zest for customer data and thehuge growth in e-commerce is exacerbating theproblem of identity theft.
• DILEMMAS OF PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE:CHALLENGES OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
  Nigel Gilbert looks at future advances inelectronic data collection and surveillance and urges engineers and government to worktogether to maintain the public's trust.