SOC226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Eric Nguyen, Racial Profiling, September 11 Attacks
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Lecture 5: national security and the border surveillance. 9/11 (september 11, 2001: perpetrated by islamic terrorist group al-qaeda, targeted: twin towers, pentagon building and washington, d. c. (failed after passengers resisted terrorist attacks, us response: war in afghanistan and iraq; war against isis etc, us political views: Democrats: tend to be anti-war: the risk society, society is increasingly pre-occupied with future risks. Using risk-based policing: prevent risks from emerging: risk society is used to examine our post-9/11 society in which we are pre- occupied by fears of terrorism and national security. We are so scared now that we tend to reduce evidence and increase fear : possibility > evidence, contemporary risk society, biometrics: monitoring very detailed aspects of the body (fingerprints, iris, face) Not a new technology, but now vastly improved (accuracy and speed: ex. Rubbing of residue on hands during airport security: ex.
