CRIM 3655 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Islamophobia, Mass Surveillance, Gary Marx
20 Jan 2016
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Summarize the points from each of the lectures. Titles for each lecture: main concepts such as broken windows, define it, why is important, what are the critiques, etc. 1 paragraph per theme (concept, idea, issue, etc. ) Make reference to the concepts in the course. 1st level of analysis (concept and definition. 3rd level of analysis (direct references to the readings) Policing takes many different forms: espionage, surveillance, patrol, The nature of policing in any society depends on social and historical circumstances: the geopolitical context: post 9/11 world order, everything has changed. Notions of enemy of the state: all states have enemies, real or imagined. The highest kind of crime you can be tried for against the state is treason. The us vs. them: western democracy vs islamic. Certain threats are exaggerated whereas others are minimized. Attention deflection strategy: deflecting the public"s attention away from this and onto that. 1990s: oklahoma bombing, a building blew up and they thought it was.
