tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984215788964782472.post5321877799139489200..comments2024-03-13T08:32:53.348-06:00Comments on SafeGrowth: George Orwell, CCTV and the Ring of SteelGSavillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000359367472580777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984215788964782472.post-53209828912203416382009-03-23T00:26:00.000-06:002009-03-23T00:26:00.000-06:00Thanks for that great post Rob. Those links are va...Thanks for that great post Rob. Those links are valuable.<BR/><BR/>The Farrington and Welsh studies I cite show there is scientific research suggesting "some" prevention impact in "a few" limited cases. (PS: I hope the Ottawa Citizen did proper investigative journalism homework and reported this research too!).<BR/><BR/>Personally I am not a big supporter of CCTV for prevention in public places. Cameras just don't do the job that we can do better. Plus they trigger funding detours from more effective strategies.GSavillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000359367472580777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984215788964782472.post-34344336447661415572009-03-21T21:15:00.000-06:002009-03-21T21:15:00.000-06:00The Surveillance Camera Awareness Network (SCAN), ...The Surveillance Camera Awareness Network (SCAN), an organization co-ordinated by researchers at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, says there is no evidence that CCTV deters crime. (the work is part of the efforts of the Surveillance Project at Queen's: http://www.surveillanceproject.org)<BR/><BR/>A major daily newspaper, the Ottawa Citizen, produced a major series recently on surveillance, focusing on the work of SCAN http://bit.ly/rFNka<BR/><BR/>I sometimes blog about surveillance and crime, as a veteran journalist covering crime and justice issues.<BR/><BR/>http://bit.ly/1xN6qAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com