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The social impact of closed circuit television (CCTV) inside mental health wards (2019)
Thesis
Desai, S. (2019). The social impact of closed circuit television (CCTV) inside mental health wards. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222179

CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) camera use has been a feature of the mental health ward since the 1990s. However, how CCTV surveillance is simultaneously controlling and caring inside the mental health ward has been missing in sociological research.... Read More about The social impact of closed circuit television (CCTV) inside mental health wards.

Policing internet fraud in Saudi Arabia : the mediation of risk in a theocratic society (2012)
Thesis
Algarni, A. F. (2012). Policing internet fraud in Saudi Arabia : the mediation of risk in a theocratic society. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218221

This thesis aims to contribute to current debates on the policing of Internet fraud by introducing the Saudi Arabian experience. Drawing on the findings of field research focusing on the capital city of Riyadh, this study assesses the extent to which... Read More about Policing internet fraud in Saudi Arabia : the mediation of risk in a theocratic society.

'Moral discipline', state power and surveillance : the rise and operation of CCTV surveillance in Riyadh (2010)
Thesis
Alhadar, I. (2010). 'Moral discipline', state power and surveillance : the rise and operation of CCTV surveillance in Riyadh. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216001

The employment of CCTV in contemporary control policy has produced various perspectives and debates in an attempt to understand this phenomenon. In non-western countries, however, there has to date been no academic writing on the topic of CCTV. This... Read More about 'Moral discipline', state power and surveillance : the rise and operation of CCTV surveillance in Riyadh.

The privatised lifer : an observation of a cohort of life-sentenced prisoners through HMP Wolds December 2003 – July 2005 (2008)
Thesis
Peake, R. (2008). The privatised lifer : an observation of a cohort of life-sentenced prisoners through HMP Wolds December 2003 – July 2005. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208541

This research proved a unique opportunity to observe a cohort of 20 life-sentenced prisoners that had already negotiated an often fragmented and difficult ‘system’. These prisoners were at the Category-C stage of their sentence (medium security) and... Read More about The privatised lifer : an observation of a cohort of life-sentenced prisoners through HMP Wolds December 2003 – July 2005.

The surveillance web : the rise and extent of visual surveillance in a northern city (1999)
Thesis
McCahill, M. (1999). The surveillance web : the rise and extent of visual surveillance in a northern city. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219142

Surveillance is something which has always existed. In the tribal cultures of preindustrial society, for example, the level of social surveillance was intense, because most people could see and hear just about everything that was going on in the camp... Read More about The surveillance web : the rise and extent of visual surveillance in a northern city.