CRIM 4205

Students will critically examine theories and practices of surveillance. They will learn how surveillance produces control and security, through complex practices that operate at multiple sites of social relations, including states, institutions, organizations, and interpersonal relationships. The course is designed to allow students to analyze notions of privacy, visibility, security, power, inequality, resistance, and rights. The course explores the history and development of surveillance practices, specifically concerning questions of crime and security, in relation to macro-social structures and trends (e.g., late stage capitalism, neoliberalism, post-9/11 anti-terror legislation, and the rise of digital culture and media).