Titre :

The Legitimization of CCTV as a Policy Tool: Genesis and Stabilization of a Socio-Technical Device in Three French Cities

Auteur(s) :

Douillet, Anne-Cecile [Auteur]
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales - UMR 8026 [CERAPS]
Dumoulin, Laurence [Auteur]
Germain, Séverine [Auteur]

Titre de la revue :

British Journal of Criminology

Numéro :

52

Pagination :

294-308

Éditeur :

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Date de publication :

2012

ISSN :

0007-0955

Mot(s)-clé(s) :

CCTV
Surveillance
Actor-Network Theory
Crime prevention
Legitimization
Social uses
Case studies

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique

Résumé en anglais : [en]

This article deals with the widespread use of open-street close-circuit television (CCTV) systems as a safety policy tool in French cities. To investigate this diffusion, we suggest tackling CCTV as a socio-technical device ...
Lire la suite >This article deals with the widespread use of open-street close-circuit television (CCTV) systems as a safety policy tool in French cities. To investigate this diffusion, we suggest tackling CCTV as a socio-technical device able to enrol allies beyond the initial circle of technology promoters, including former opponents. Through an empirical analysis of three case studies, we show that a device can spread on a site provided that the actors in charge of the device appropriate it and discover new practical uses. As appropriation practices give CCTV supporters new arguments to justify its use, CCTV is therefore more legitimized by the possible combinations of different arguments and uses than by its strictly speaking effectiveness to fight against crime.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Établissement(s) :

CNRS
Université de Lille

Collections :

• Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Date de dépôt :

2019-10-29T11:37:03Z
2021-06-07T06:31:39Z