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Chapter 23

References from the book:
 
Bogard, W. (1996) The Simulation of Surveillance: Hypercontrol in Telematic Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
A suggestive postmodern exploration of contemporary and future surveillance.

Foucault, M. (1979) Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. London: Penguin.
While primarily concerned with punishment, and not always an easy read, this book nevertheless remains an essential part of the repertoire for anyone interested in surveillance. See especially centre illustrative plates, pp. 3–8, Parts 3.2, 3.3, and 4.3.

Lyon, D. (2007) Surveillance Studies: An Overview. Cambridge: Polity Press.
An excellent introduction and overview of contemporary surveillance theories, technologies, and issues.

Further references:

Barry, A., Osborne, T. and Rose, N. (eds.) (1996) Foucault and Political Reason: Liberalism, Neo-Liberalism and Governmentality. London: UCL Press.

Brown, B. (1995) CCTV in Town Centres: Three case studies (Crime Detection and Prevention Series: Paper 68). London: Home Office, Police Department.

Clarke, R.V. (1995). ‘Situational Crime Prevention’, in Tonry, M. and
Farrington, D. (eds.), Building a Safer Society: Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Vol. 19. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
An introduction to the potential of ‘situational crime prevention’.

Cohen, S. (1985) Visions of Social Control: Crime, Punishment and Classification. Cambridge: Polity.

Cohen, S. and Scull, A. (eds.) (1983) Social Control and the State. Oxford: Martin Robertson.
An analysis of the state's lust for social control and the reasons behind it.

Ditton, J. and Short, E. (1999) ‘Yes, it works - no, it doesn’t: Comparing the effects of open-street CCTV in two adjacent town centres’, Crime Prevention Studies, Vol. 10: 201-223

Garland, D. (1997) ‘'Governmentality' and the problem of crime: Foucault, criminology, sociology’, Theoretical Criminology, 1(2): 173-214.

Garland, D. (2001) The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Another key figure in Criminology,his key work the ‘Culture of Control’ can be a difficult read, but is well worth the effort. Likewise, his article in the journal of Theoretical Criminology draws on the work of Foucault to link with concepts of social control and crime.

Home Office (2001) Electronic monitoring of released prisoners: an evaluation of the Home Detention Curfew scheme: Home Office Research Studies 222, London: Home Office.

Lyon, D. (2003) ‘Surveillance as social sorting: Computer codes and mobile bodies’, in Lyon, D. (ed.) Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk and Digital Discrimination, London: Routledge.

Lyon, D. (1993) ‘An electronic panopticon? A sociological critique of surveillance theory’, Sociological Review, 41 (4): 653.

Lyon, D. (1994) The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society. Cambridge: Polity.

Lyon, D. (2001) Surveillance Society: Monitoring Everyday Life. Buckingham: Open University Press.
David Lyon is one of the key social theorists working on the issues surrounding surveillance. All of his work is essential reading for students and academics alike.

Newburn, T. and Hayman, S. (2002) Policing, Surveillance and Social Control. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

Welsh, B. and Farrington, D. (2004). ‘Surveillance for Crime Prevention in Public Space: Results and Policy Choices in Britain and America’, Criminology and Public Policy, 3(3) 497-526.