This NPR news story on "All Things Considered" relates to Foucault's concept of panopticism. The story talks about so-called "public surveillance cameras" which were installed in San Francisco. The point of the cameras is to discourage crime, and some claim they are effective. The aim is clearly to achieve social control because people know they are being monitored. In this case, quite literally.
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