Our public and private lives are under surveillance as never before. Whether we are shopping with a credit card, walking down the street or emailing a colleague at work, our activities are monitored. Surveillance has become more routine, more integrated and more intrusive. It is vital to ask how and why this should be so, and assess what are the consequences?

Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-168) and index.

The intensification of surveillance / Kirstie Ball and Frank Webster -- Surveillance after September 11th / David Lyon -- Data-mining and surveillance in the post 9-11 environment / Oscar Gandy -- Joined-up surveillance? / Charles Raab -- 'They don't even know we're there': the electronic monitoring of offenders in England and Wales / Mike Nellis -- Information warfare, surveillance and human rights / Frank Webster -- Mapping out cybercrimes in a cyberspatial surveillant assemblage / David Wall.