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Over-Observed? What is the quality of CCTV in this new digital legal world?

Bromby, Michael; Ness, Hayley

Authors

Michael Bromby

Hayley Ness



Abstract

Much research and debate has focussed on the value of CCTV and the associated criminological
aspects such as whether crime is reduced, or simply displaced, by its use. The aim of this paper is
not to enter into this debate, but to examine the evidential value of the new digital technologies
accompanying the CCTV phenomenon. Likewise, the civil liberties and human rights issues relating
to the over-observation of our brave new world have been raised and discussed widely in many fora
and do not require further examination in this context.

Citation

Bromby, M., & Ness, H. (2006). Over-Observed? What is the quality of CCTV in this new digital legal world?. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600860600580843

Conference Name 20th BILETA Conference:
Start Date Apr 6, 2006
End Date Apr 7, 2006
Publication Date Mar 1, 2006
Deposit Date Apr 3, 2008
Print ISSN 1360-0869
Electronic ISSN 1364-6885
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 1-2
Pages 05-115
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13600860600580843
Keywords CCTV; digital technology; legal implications; identification; face matching; image interpretation;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2256



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