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Volume 1, Issue 2
1 October 2002
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Review Article| October 01 2002

The camera never lies but, in truth, is it any use? Available to Purchase

Henry Shaftoe
Henry Shaftoe
Cities Research Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2977-7097
Print ISSN: 1477-5883
© MCB UP Limited
2002
Community Safety Journal (2002) 1 (2): 27–30.
https://doi.org/10.1108/17578043200200015

This article challenges the effectiveness of public surveillance by closed circuit television. Based upon evaluations conducted in the West of England, there is little evidence of systems delivering crime reduction or significant increases in detection.

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CCTV, Effectiveness, Surveillance, Crime prevention
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