Hi everybody,

I acknowledge that the list has been a little neglected, as the 
teaching year has been as horrendously busy for me as I'm sure it has 
been for everybody else.  However, I hope to brighten up the list 
;during the summer.  In the meantime, I have been searching the 
catalogues for forthcoming titles which may be of interest to you.  At 
some later stage, I'd like to start a bibliography of members' 
recommended readings on the general issues of Surveillance/the Viewer 
Society.   Here's a title that may be of interest.

 
'The Maximum Surveillance Society: The Rise of CCTV' by
Clive Norris (University of Hull) and Gary Armstrong (University of
Reading), forthcoming in September 1999 with Berg Publishers, Oxford,
might well be of considerable interest to list users. The authors have
done extensive fieldwork on the subject of surveillance by CCTV. A
description of the book is attached below.

'The Maximum Surveillance Society: The Rise of CCTV'

The use of Closed-Circuit Television, or CCTV, has dramatically
increased over the past decade, but its presence is often so subtle as
to go unnoticed. Should we unthinkingly accept that increased
surveillance is in the public's best interests, or does this mean that
'Big Brother' is finally watching us?  

This book asks provocative questions about the rise of the maximum
surveillance society. Is crime control the principal motivation behind
increased surveillance or are the reasons more complex?  Does
surveillance violate peoples' right of privacy?  Who gets surveilled and
why?  What are its implications for social control?  Does surveillance
actually reduce crime?  What will developments in technology mean for
the future of surveillance?  What rights do individuals under
surveillance have?  How is the information gathered through CCTV used by
the authorities?

Based on extensive fieldwork on automated surveillance in Britain over a
two-year period, this book not only attempts to answer these vexing
questions, but also provides a wealth of  detailed information about the
reasoning behind and effects of social control.  

Retail price £14-99 (PB) ISBN 1 85973 226 7; 
£42.99 (HB) ISBN 1 85973 221 6
Discounted price £11-99 (PB); £34.39 (HB)

The book can be ordered directly by contacting Iain Emsley
<[log in to unmask]; tel 01865-245104; fax 01865-791165> at Berg
Publishers.  Anyone ordering in advance of the September 1999
publication date and citing this site reference <CCTV01list> will
receive a 20% discount off the retail price.  Inspection copies are also
available through Berg.



Mary S Corcoran
Dept. of Media and Cultural Studies
Liverpool John Moores University
Dean Walters Building
Liverpool
L1 7BR

tel: ++ 44 [0]151 231 5035
fax: ++ 44 [0]151 231 5049

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