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**SweetCaroline** · 07-06-2010, 06:21 AM

but it's just basic common sense, absolutely survellence deters crime. One need not look further than your local dept store..For example, It reduces shoplifting. There is no arguing that. Also, there have been plenty of studies in the UK and Europe where neighboorhood camera systems lower the crime rate.

No, no it does not. That's the problem. Your "common sense" is getting in the way of facts.

Please show me how much crime dropped in the UK after the introduction of the CCTV everywhere, normalized to the overall trend of crime reduction.

The only time I've ever seen someone quote statistics supporting CCTV usage, they'd say "crime dropped 10% since we put up these cameras"... and everyone applauds.

Except it also dropped 10% where there weren't any cameras...

07-06-2010, 06:21 AM	#78
SweetCaroline Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 450 Senior Member	but it's just basic common sense, absolutely survellence deters crime. One need not look further than your local dept store..For example, It reduces shoplifting. There is no arguing that. Also, there have been plenty of studies in the UK and Europe where neighboorhood camera systems lower the crime rate. No, no it does not. That's the problem. Your "common sense" is getting in the way of facts. Please show me how much crime dropped in the UK after the introduction of the CCTV everywhere, normalized to the overall trend of crime reduction. The only time I've ever seen someone quote statistics supporting CCTV usage, they'd say "crime dropped 10% since we put up these cameras"... and everyone applauds. Except it also dropped 10% where there weren't any cameras...
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