Headspace: On the Trail of Sniffer Dogs, Wasp Wardens and other Dumb Friends in the Surveillance Industry by
Amber Marks
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EAN: 9780753513644
Format: Trade Paperback
Published: 27 Mar 2008
Synopsis
Crime detection has gone to the dogs and squirrels are being busted for espionage. If you’ve never wondered about the new direction of ‘intelligence-led policing’, now is the time to start.
A chance encounter with a police sniffer-dog draws criminal lawyer Amber Marks into the hidden world of the science of smell and its law-enforcement applications. She soon stumbles into a wonderland of contemporary surveillance, where she observes at first hand how scientists, businesses and the military are trying to harness the dubious capabilities of technology and mother nature to build a ‘secure world’ of bio-intelligence. But as she comes into closer contact with the security services she finds herself questioning the true purpose of their information-gathering and asks: who stands to benefit from a surveillance society?
Are you ready to discover the smell of fear?
What the critics say
A fascinating look at the animal kingdom's involvement in the world of surveillance
- Scotsman
For anyone concerned about the fate of privacy and personal liberty in an all-seeing, all-hearing, all-smelling State, this is an absolute must-read.
- Tony Hanania, author of Unreal City
Amber Marks lifts the lid on a conspiracy of odours and the militarisation of whiffs, pongs and stinks. Great!
- Mark Thomas
If you like Hunter S Thompson and Jon Ronson, 'Headspace' will blow your mind.
- Martin Deeson, Senior Editor of GQ and co-founder of Loaded
A funny investigation into flawed police search and surveillance techniques
- Elle