This thesis uses a cumulative view of police theory and methodology as a foundation for an investigation into the role of surveillance technology in a large-scale metropolitan police department. Using Foucault’s notion of panopticism as a guide, original research will show how the use of technological surveillance by police superiors resulted or failed to result…
Category: Panopticism
Alexandra Kerrigan: Swapping Cops for Cameras: Repressive Panopticon or the Future of Policing? A Case Study on Hyderabad’s Government Surveillance
Amid escalating concerns regarding racial justice in recent years, police system reform has emerged as one of the most salient topics in politics. Several competing visions for the future of policing have emerged within the United States—with some cities adopting an abolition approach, others opting to defund their police systems, and many maintaining or increasing…
Esther K. Hong: The Carceral State(s)
The carceral state is everywhere. Legal and social science scholars are increasingly using the carceral state concept to criticize various aspects, or even the entirety, of the United States. But despite how popular and common this term has become in writings about mass incarceration, criminal processes and punishments, and other forms of social control, the…
Victoria Copeland, Alan Dettlaff: How Carceral Violence Persists Through the Surveillance, Punishment, and Regulation of Families
Although conceptualizations of the carceral state have become more expansive in recent years to include systems beyond prisons and policing, the child welfare system has often eluded this conceptualization due to a societal perception that it protects vulnerable children from harm. Despite this, the system has continued to function as a system of social control…