Welfare, crime and society - for iPad/Mac/PC: Recent Episodes
The Open University
If you feel that you are being watched, it may well be that you are. Surveillance is an ever growing feature of 21st century life in countries across the world, raising issues of social justice, security and community. The tracks on this album explore how forms and practices of surveillance reveal the entanglements between welfare, crime and society and the tensions and overlaps between policies aimed at delivering social welfare and those intended to control crime. The material is drawn from the course DD208 Welfare, crime and society
Private and public, formal and informal forms of security in the White Rose Shopping Centre.
Transcript -- Private and public, formal and informal forms of security in the White Rose Shopping Centre.
Exploring some of the reasons why people in different parts of the world choose to live in gated communities.
Transcript -- Exploring some of the reasons why people in different parts of the world choose to live in gated communities.
Transcript -- The purpose and nature of surveillance for residents of gated communities.
Residents of Atlantic Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, talk about why they feel more comfortable and more secure living in a gated community.
Transcript -- Residents of Atlantic Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, talk about why they feel more comfortable and more secure living in a gated community.
Residents of the N2 gateway Project in Langa township, South Africa, talk about the differences the creation of an informal gated community has made to their lives.
Transcript -- Residents of the N2 gateway Project in Langa township, South Africa, talk about the differences the creation of an informal gated community has made to their lives.
Residents of gated communities talk about some of the dilemmas they face and the ever present need for surveillance.
Transcript -- Residents of gated communities talk about some of the dilemmas they face and the ever present need for surveillance.
In Algeciras in southern Spain, the arrival of undocumented migrants from North Africa is a daily occurrence.
Transcript -- In Algeciras in southern Spain, the arrival of undocumented migrants from North Africa is a daily occurrence.
Undocumented migrants tell the stories of their travel from Africa and their experienced when they arrived on Spanish territory.
Transcript -- Undocumented migrants tell the stories of their travel from Africa and their experienced when they arrived on Spanish territory.
The beaurocratic problems migrants face when trying to gain legal status and workers' rights.
Transcript -- The beaurocratic problems migrants face when trying to gain legal status and workers' rights.
The use of documentary evidence as an increasingly important part of border control policy.
Transcript -- The use of documentary evidence as an increasingly important part of border control policy.