SOC371H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Killing Technology, Class Action, Gas Chamber
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Lynch mona: punishing images: jail cam and the challenging penal enterprise. Penality is now a disturbing hybrid comprised of both modern and postmodern elements. The fact that jail cam does not rely upon making the recorded offender feel shame in order to succeed" at least among its public audience suggests a different process at work. Jail cam is significant because it integrates punishment with entertainment. The jail cam is different from cctv, because they are end products that have significant value entertainment wise, in contrast cctv"s are just byproducts of a disciplinary/surveillance apparatus, Commodities don"t need to have monetary value but it does need to be marketable in a system of social exchange. First has been the rise of security and crime prevention products and services that are mass marketed to private individuals and businesses: e. g. security systems and cameras have been sold to the general public.
