LAWS 4304
Policing and Social Surveillance
Theoretical consideration of the emergence and transformation of “policing” activities through an examination of law and changes in social relations, with special attention to the myriad agencies involved in contemporary security provision. Evolving notions of risk, surveillance, the state, and the private-public dichotomy.
2026
Readings
- Rigakos, George S., John L. McMullan, Joshua Johnson and Gulden Ozcan, Eds., A General Police System: Political Economy and Security in the Age of Enlightenment. Ottawa:
- [Available at: Octopus Books: 116 Third Ave., Ottawa Ont., 613-233-2589 or on-line through www.redquillbooks.com] [$42.95]
- Neocleous, Mark and George S. Rigakos. 2011., eds. Anti-Security. Ottawa: Red Quill Books.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): LAWS 2908 , CRCJ 3001 , or CRCJ 3002 , and 0.5 credit from LAWS 2301 or LAWS 2302 , and fourth-year Honours standing. Seminars three hours a week.