Intelligence and State Surveillance in Modern Societies : : An International Perspective.

• Author: Lemieux, Frederic.
• Place / Publishing House: Bingley : : Emerald Publishing Limited,, 2018.; Ã2019.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (273 pages)

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's, Western state surveillance and intelligence activities have drastically adapted to new domestic and global challenges. This book examines the evolution of state surveillance in modern societies and provides an international perspective on influential trends affecting these activities.

Table of Contents

Cover -- INTELLIGENCE AND STATE SURVEILLANCE IN MODERN SOCIETIES -- INTELLIGENCE AND STATE SURVEILLANCE IN MODERN SOCIETIES: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgment -- Nature and Structure of Intelligence: An Introduction -- Historical Evolution of Intelligence -- Dual Conceptualizations of Intelligence -- Intelligence Collection Disciplines -- The Intelligence Process -- Limitations of Intelligence -- Structure of the Book -- 1 "Intelligence Knowledge" Management -- Existing Conceptual Approaches -- Selective Literature on State Intelligence and Surveillance -- National Security Intelligence -- Law Enforcement Intelligence -- Risk Management and Intelligence Knowledge -- Knowledge Management Applied to Intelligence and Surveillance Activities -- Limitations Related to Knowledge Management in Intelligence Networks -- Conclusion -- 2 National Security Intelligence in the Five Eyes Countries -- National Security Intelligence in Australia -- National Security Intelligence in Canada -- National Security Intelligence in New Zealand -- National Security Intelligence in United Kingdom -- National Security Intelligence in the United States -- National Security Intelligence Cooperation Between Five Eyes Members -- Conclusion -- 3 Toward a Convergence? Militarization of Intelligence and State Surveillance -- Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Militarization -- Militarization of National Security Intelligence -- Policy -- Strategy -- Structure -- Practice -- Targets -- Militarization of Criminal Intelligence -- Policy -- Strategy -- Structure -- Practice -- Targets -- Convergence of Military and Intelligence in the Five Eyes -- Conclusion -- 4 Criminal Intelligence -- Functions of Criminal Intelligence -- Establishing Basic Knowledge.

Detecting Criminal Activity -- Predicting Criminal Activity -- Guiding Decisions and Operations -- Structure and Integration of Criminal Intelligence in the "Five Eyes" Countries -- Australia -- Canada -- New Zealand -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Criminal Intelligence and International Police Cooperation -- Conclusion -- 5 Intelligence-Led Policing Model: Global Diffusion and Cultural Distinction -- Evolution of Intelligence-Led Policing -- The Influence of Environmental Contingencies -- Evolution of Criminal Environment -- Hostility of the Environment -- Legal Environment -- Structuring Intelligence Activities: Organizational Contingencies -- Status of Organizations Tasked With Criminal Intelligence Activities -- Organizational Structure -- Organizational Culture, Roles, and Statuses -- Conclusion -- 6 Cyber Threats, Intelligence Operations, and Mass Surveillance -- The Cyber Threats Landscape -- Actors -- Modus Operandi -- Cyberspace -- Intensity of Cyber Intelligence Operations -- Internet Mass Surveillance Programs -- National Cyber Surveillance Programs -- Transnational Cyber Surveillance Programs -- Law Enforcement and Cyber Intelligence -- The Rise of Cybersecurity Risk in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America -- Conclusion -- 7 Intelligence and Surveillance Technologies -- A Conceptual Approach to Surveillance Technology -- Hard Surveillance Technology -- Sight -- Hearing -- Touch -- Scent -- Taste -- Software Surveillance Technology -- Disruptive Technology and the Emergence of a New Collection Discipline -- Conclusion -- 8 The Rise of the Private Intelligence Sector -- The Growth of the Private Security Sector -- The Role of Private Sector in the Production of Intelligence -- The Dynamics of Private-Public Interface -- Extension of Intelligence Functions -- Expansion of Intelligence Functions.

Privatization of Intelligence Functions -- Private Intelligence Actors and Services -- AEGIS -- BAE Systems -- Booz Allen Hamilton -- CACI International Inc. -- CSRA Inc. -- General Dynamics -- Leidos -- Northrop Grumman -- SAIC -- Limits to Intelligence Outsourcing -- Conclusion -- 9 Ethical Challenges in Intelligence Operations -- Conceptual Approaches to Ethics in the Intelligence Field -- Utilitarian Approach -- Splendor of Truth Approach -- Realist Approach -- Consequentialist Approach -- Deontological Approach -- Just War Approach -- Just Intelligence Approach -- Ethics Applied to Intelligence Collection and Analysis -- Intelligence Management -- Intelligence Collection Methods -- Intelligence Analysis -- Whistleblowing and Violation of Secrecy -- Ethical Codes of Conduct in Intelligence -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.