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Surveillance Schools: A New Era in Education

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Surveillance Schools: Security, Discipline and Control in Contemporary Education

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Abstract

The school gates have been opened to a variety of surveillance technologies including CCTV, metal detectors, fingerprinting, online monitoring, facial recognition and palm vein scanners. Many have full time uniformed police officers patrolling the corridors and classrooms, they subscribe to random drug testing and use sniffer dogs to search students and their possessions stored in transparent lockers and bags. Analysed within a context of zero tolerance initiatives and fortified school campuses, one has to consider the impact that this is having on children.

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Taylor, E. (2013). Surveillance Schools: A New Era in Education. In: Surveillance Schools: Security, Discipline and Control in Contemporary Education. Crime Prevention and Security Management. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137308863_2

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