Beyond the security paradox : ten criteria for a socially informed security policy
Abstract
This article investigates the normative and procedural criteria adopted by European citizens to assess the acceptability of surveillance-oriented security technologies. It draws on qualitative data gathered at 12 citizen summits in nine European countries. The analysis identifies 10 criteria, generated by citizens themselves, for a socially informed security policy. These criteria not only reveal the conditions, purposes and operation rules that would make current European security policies and technologies more consistent with citizens’ priorities. They also cast light on an interesting paradox: although people feel safe in their daily lives, they believe security could, and should, be improved.
Citation
Pavone , V , Ball , K , Degli Esposti , S , Dibb , S & Santiago Gomez , E 2018 , ' Beyond the security paradox : ten criteria for a socially informed security policy ' , Public Understanding of Science , vol. 27 , no. 6 , pp. 638-654 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662517702321
Publication
Public Understanding of Science
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0963-6625Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publications This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662517702321
Description
This article is based on a research that has been funded by the EU project “SurPriSe: Surveillance, Privacy and Security: A large scale participatory assessment of criteria and factors determining acceptability and acceptance of security technologies in Europe”, which received funding from the FP7 program, under the grant number: 285492.Collections
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