The number of Canadian cities using video surveillance systems tomonitor city streets is growing. In Panoptic Dreams, Sean Hierexplores how and why Canadian cities introduced street surveillanceprograms between 1981 and 2005 and brings to light the governancestructures and privacy protection policy frameworks that made theseprograms possible. This book uses empirical findings to reflectcritically on video surveillance policy and design structures inCanada. The original analyses will assist academics, privacy advocates,and others with community-based interests to assess the strengths andweaknesses of establishing streetscape CCTV surveillance monitoringsystems.
close this panelSean P. Hier is an associate professor in theDepartment of Sociology, University of Victoria.
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