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The technology of crime control
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How big an impact does CCTV have on your life? This unit...
How big an impact does CCTV have on your life? This unit provides the opportunity to listen to an argument surrounding the purpose, efficacy and regulation of CCTV. Is it there for crime control or is Big Brother really watching?
On completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- illustrate how CCTV is used for general surveillance;
- give examples of how CCTV can be used for crime control.
- Duration: 1 hour
- Published on: Thursday 14th July 2011
- Level: Intermediate
- Posted under: Sociology
The technology of crime control
Introduction
This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Crime, order and social control (D315) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this subject area [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .
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