Selling Us the Fortress

Ronnie Casella is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Secondary Education at Central Connecticut State University.

• Introduction: Getting Down to Business of Being Safe 1. The Security Industry and the Public School Market 2. Selling Social Betterment for Ones Own Private Utopia 3. The Safest Society Technology Can Create and Money Can Buy 4. The Promises of Techno-Security Fortification 5. Horror Stories that Sell 6. Security, the Law, and Federal Policy 7. Transactions on the Open Market Conclusion. The Big Business of Big Brother. Appendix: Overview of Research Notes. References. Glossary and List of Organizations. Index

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