No disrespect but that's just your opinion. I am sure if we tried hard enough there are just as many reports and validations for CCTV.
Actually, it's not just my opinion, it is the opinion of those that study cctv systems. The report I linked to is a meta-analysis of 41 other studies and is funded by the Home Office themselves. My opinion just happens to be in line with those studies.
I think we are about to go off topic on rants about personal freedoms and such like.
Nothing wrong with that Brian. We are losing our civil liberties faster now than at any time in this country. There is now one cctv camera for every 14 people in the country and one would think, if they really did prevent crime, that we would have the lowest crime-rate in the world. What is blindingly obvious is that we do not have a correspondingly low crime-rate.
I do agree on one aspect though. All the best security is based on a variety of aspects and not just one hope.
Indeed.
Better lighting.. You can get solar powered lights that are infra red operated. Security fencing, maybe those battery operated remote noisy alarms . (I got one that cost less than a tenner for my shed), and a great police awareness presence. Plus the old detectives might offer a reward. Snitch your gang leader for a daytrip to Alton towers, sort of thing. A mixing pot of remedies would probabl;y the best way forward.
Agreed again.
Further studies, again financed by the Home Office, show that simply improving lighting can reduce crime by up to 20%, while cctv, at best, has a small but non-significant effect on crime.
Better community reduces crime, technology does not.