Browsing Sociology and Legal Studies by Subject "risk"
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Exploring the Care-Control Nexus Through Police Monitoring of Vulnerable Groups: A Case Study of Project Lifesaver
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-13)Contemporary surveillance practices increasingly pursue the dual objectives of ‘care’ and ‘control.’ For instance, governments increasingly deploy surveillance to protect the health and welfare of those being monitored, ... -
Moral Panics and the Governance of South Asian Gang Involvement: The Construction of a Local ‘Cultural’ Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-17)In the last three decades, nearly two hundred South Asian men have died in gang violence in Lower Mainland British Columbia. These deaths, coupled with the fear that young men in the community are susceptible to joining ...