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Police use of public video surveillance in Germany 1956: Management of traffic, repression of flows, persuasion of offenders
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Abstract Every technology has its history. What are the beginnings of public television? This article explores the use of police CCTV in West Germany between the 1950s and the 1970s. In these early years, the public police cameras served three functions: the use of cameras in traffic management; the repressi... mehr
Every technology has its history. What are the beginnings of public television? This article explores the use of police CCTV in West Germany between the 1950s and the 1970s. In these early years, the public police cameras served three functions: the use of cameras in traffic management; the repressive use of cameras at demonstrations; and the persuasive use of the images. The second part of the paper takes a closer look at the third function: surveillance images as a means of persuading offenders of their guilt. It is argued, that a persuasive force exists and is consciously exploited by the police. But this force also weakens over time, when subjects acquire more and more media competence. The police respond to this problem with the transition from still to moving images – and beyond.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Verkehr; historische Entwicklung; Medienkompetenz; Observation; Verkehrsvermeidung; Kontrolle; Video; Verkehrsaufkommen; Polizei; Technikfolgenabschätzung; Aufzeichnung
Klassifikation
Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie
Technikfolgenabschätzung
Freie Schlagwörter
Videoüberwachung; Verkehrsmanagement
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2009
Seitenangabe
S. 43-47
Zeitschriftentitel
Surveillance & Society, 6 (2009) 1
Heftthema
Revisiting Video Surveillance
ISSN
1477-7487
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0