Can video surveillance of public areas reduce crime? And what about privacy issues?
"In England, where the unblinking eyes of security cameras are as much a part of the landscape as Big Ben, police argue the systems are one of their best tools for controlling crime...Several studies by Jason Ditton, the director the Scottish Centre for Criminology and one of the few criminologists to research the effectiveness of CCTV, suggest that the cameras have neither the public support nor the crime-reducing power attributed to them."The British government is aggressively implenting a plan to increase then number of video surveillance cameras throughout the country. Should U.S. cities adopt this technology? Is there a way to maintain a balance between the civil liberties of those affected by crime and the privacy rights of citizen?
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
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