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The technology of crime control

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How big an impact does CCTV have on your life? This free course, The technology of crime control, 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?

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After studying this course, you should be able to:

illustrate how CCTV is used for general surveillance
give examples of how CCTV can be used for crime control.

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First Published: 10/08/2012

Updated: 05/02/2016

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Refat Salameh 9 February 2025 4:27PM

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Necessary in this time and age

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Janine Twelftree 27 July 2024 7:31PM

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Very interesting, and it was a history lesson as well to hear what people were saying about CCTV surveillance, which isn't very different from what is still said and debated in 2024. The audios were 1994, so 30 years! UK is still top in number of cameras per head of population, so I read. Nowadays we have also had a meteoric rise in dashcam footage.

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