Measure type: Surveillance

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Measure: surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting.[1]

Description

CCTV

Monitoring with the help of cameras (CCTV) has become a common method throughout all Europe to combat crime and terrorism. In the UK more than 4 million cameras have been installed (The Associated Press, 2007).

Relevant apects:

  • CCTV and displacement effect
  • Total costs of CCTV far exceed that of the camera hardware alone
  • To be effective, surveillance systems should be fully integrated into law enforcement practices

Essential conditions

Requirements to the urban environment

Effectiveness

Side effects

Footnotes and references

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