Selling Us the Fortress (e-bog) af Casella, Ronnie
Casella, Ronnie (forfatter)

Selling Us the Fortress e-bog

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In the wake of school shootings and the more recent threats of terrorism, schools - like many public institutions - have begun installing techno-security equipment ranging from surveillance cameras to microchip tracking systems. Is this equipment necessary and who really benefits from its use? Selling Us the Fortress, the first qualitative study of the relationship between the security industry...
E-bog 343,95 DKK
Forfattere Casella, Ronnie (forfatter)
Forlag Routledge
Udgivet 31 maj 2023
Længde 256 sider
Genrer Police and security services
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781000940107
In the wake of school shootings and the more recent threats of terrorism, schools - like many public institutions - have begun installing techno-security equipment ranging from surveillance cameras to microchip tracking systems. Is this equipment necessary and who really benefits from its use? Selling Us the Fortress, the first qualitative study of the relationship between the security industry and schools, analyzes how technologies once reserved primarily for war have become a common fixture in modern schools, including detailing how school personnel are "e;sold"e; on the idea that the mass installation of techno-security is in their best interest.