Sociology 3363F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: September 11 Attacks, Counter-Terrorism, Michel Foucault
17 Dec 2017
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Social control and the policing of terrorism: foundations for a sociology of counterterrorism. Most terrorism-related research was conducted in other social sciences, especially political science, international studies, and law. Michel foucault (1975) and max weber (1922): the sociology of police focuses on one of the most important manifestations of social control in modern societies. Social control is understood to refer to the social institutions and mechanisms that define and respond to crime and/or deviance. Many works on the policing of terrorism, also, are very policy-oriented or of a highly normative nature related to discussions on civil rights. Sociological investigations of the policing of terrorism should not lose sight of the fact that counterterrorist activities always comprise a multitude of political, legal, military, economic, and cultural efforts. Lots of studies, and are informative however, lack in theoretical focus. The bureaucratization theory of policing has been developed in the context of comparative- historical work on the internationalization of the police function.
