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Surveillance after September 11
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Surveillance after September 11 Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Lyon, David

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  • Title Surveillance after September 11
  • Author Lyon, David
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Polity Press, United Kingdom
  • Date 2003-09-26
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6910958-6
  • ISBN 9780745631813 / 0745631819
  • Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.38 x 5.38 x 0.63 in (18.75 x 13.67 x 1.60 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003001340
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.33

First line

The September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington prompted a series of immediate responses.

From the rear cover

Prominent among the quests for post-9/11 security are developments in surveillance, especially at national borders. These developments are not new, but many of them have been extended and intensified. The result? More and more people and populations are counted as "suspicious" and, at the same time, surveillance techniques become increasingly opaque and secretive. Lyon argues that in the aftermath of 9/11 there have been qualitative changes in the security climate: diverse databases containing personal information are being integrated; biometric identifiers, such as iris scans, are becoming more popular; consumer data are merged with those obtained for policing and intelligence, both nationally and across borders. This all contributes to the creation of ever-widening webs of surveillance. But these systems also sort people into categories for differential treatment, the most obvious case being that of racial profiling. This book assesses the consequences of these trends. Lyon argues that while extraordinary legal measures and high-tech systems are being adopted, promises made on their behalf - that terrorism can be prevented - are hard to justify. Furthermore, intensifying surveillance will have social consequences whose effects could be far-reaching: the undermining of social trust and of democratic participation.

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Citations

  • Choice, 04/01/2004, Page 1515

About the author

Professor of Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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