Effects of Closed-Circuit Television on Crime

Bibliographic Data

ID9753673
AuthorsBrandon C Welsh (0000-0003-2627-2920, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, corresponding author), David P Farrington (0000-0003-1312-2325, University of Cambridge)
Year2003
Volume587
Issue1
Pages110-135
Publication date2003-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716202250802
OpenAlexW2060075675
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited16

This article reports on the findings of a systematic review--incorporating meta-analytic techniques--of the available research evidence on the effects of closed-circuit television (CCTV) on crime in public space. A number of targeted and comprehensive searches of the published and unpublished literature and contacts with leading researchers produced twenty-two CCTV evaluations that met our criteria for inclusion in this review. CCTV had a significant desirable effect on crime, although the overall reduction in crime was a rather small 4 percent. All nine studies showing evidence of a desirable effect of CCTV on crime were carried out in the United Kingdom. Conversely, the other nine studies showing no evidence of any desirable effect of CCTV on crime included all five North American studies. CCTV was most effective in reducing crime in car parks. It had no effect on violent crimes but had a significant desirable effect on vehicle crimes

Advertising · Business · Closed circuit · Crime prevention · Criminology · Inclusion (mineral · Space (punctuation) · Telecommunications · Violent crime · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Engineering · Psychology · Social Psychology · Traffic and Road Safety

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