CRIM 3658 Quiz: Identification Technologies and Video Surveillance
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Crim 3658 readings : identification technologies and video surveillance. Koskela, hille. (2000) the gaze without eyes: video-surveillance and the changing nature of urban space. When bentham designed the panopticon in the 18th century, surveillance cameras were not available. Our cities have become much like the panopticon bc of constant video surveillance . through surveillance, the panoptic technology of power has been electronically extended. Electronic means are beginning to replace informal social control in urban environments: the eyes of the people on the street are replaced by the eyes of surveillance cameras. The basic idea of crime-redu(cid:272)i(cid:374)g (cid:858)defensi(cid:271)le spa(cid:272)e" was to employ architectural design to enable informal surveillance by people; electronic equipment was used only when physical redesign was not possible and video-sur(cid:448)eilla(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)as (cid:858)the o(cid:374)l(cid:455) resour(cid:272)e ope(cid:374)(cid:859) Surveillance has become common in various spaces in private premises as well as in semi- public and public spaces.
