Toys for the boys?: drones, pleasure and popular culture in the militarisation of policing
This paper argues that the various and contradictory rationales offered for law enforcement drones are symptomatic of a ‘weapons fetish’ evident in popular culture. This fetishisation imbues military technology such as the drone with masculine fantasies of control and domination that obscure the pra...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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Critical criminology
Year: 2014, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-177 |
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