does CCTV make you feel safer???

catefrances
catefrances Posts: 29,003
edited August 2010 in A Moving Train
well does it??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMVMStr ... re=related
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  • Tenzing N.
    Tenzing N. Posts: 466
    Not safer per se but in terms of using CCTV for "increased safety" I think it often lends to the illusion of increased safety which ultimately will accomplish the goals of those who put up the cameras. Follow?

    And I didn't watch the video- sorry, just answering the question.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    kind of like a panopticon type of thing where theres a sense of invisible omniscience?? who knows whos watching or even if theyre watching... the presence of the cameras changes behaviour??
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  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    It has been proven to make areas safer, scumbags operate in the shadows.
  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    matabele wrote:
    It has been proven to make areas safer, scumbags operate in the shadows.
    too bad the "scumbags" control cctv.
  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    Commy wrote:
    matabele wrote:
    It has been proven to make areas safer, scumbags operate in the shadows.
    too bad the "scumbags" control cctv.
    Good point, I still think it helps though. I saw this article on the news in England where they went to this housing estate and interviewed some little old ladies after cctv had been installed. They were so happy almost to the point of tears. Comments were like, we can go outside now.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    matabele wrote:
    Commy wrote:
    matabele wrote:
    It has been proven to make areas safer, scumbags operate in the shadows.
    too bad the "scumbags" control cctv.
    Good point, I still think it helps though. I saw this article on the news in England where they went to this housing estate and interviewed some little old ladies after cctv had been installed. They were so happy almost to the point of tears. Comments were like, we can go outside now.

    that doesnt mean the little old ladies were safe... it just meant they felt safer. and when people feel safe they gain strength and they act differently and stop behaving like victims. so in that respect CCTV is a good thing for those who feel most vulnerable.

    personally i feel no safer in areas where CCTV is installed as opposed to areas where there are none.
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  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    [/quote]

    that doesnt mean the little old ladies were safe... it just meant they felt safer. and when people feel safe they gain strength and they act differently and stop behaving like victims. so in that respect CCTV is a good thing for those who feel most vulnerable.

    personally i feel no safer in areas where CCTV is installed as opposed to areas where there are none.[/quote]

    Don't you think if you were a criminal who was going to do something bad then saw a camera, you would change your plan.
  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    edited August 2010
    matabele wrote:

    that doesnt mean the little old ladies were safe... it just meant they felt safer. and when people feel safe they gain strength and they act differently and stop behaving like victims. so in that respect CCTV is a good thing for those who feel most vulnerable.

    personally i feel no safer in areas where CCTV is installed as opposed to areas where there are none.

    Don't you think if you were a criminal who was going to do something bad then saw a camera, you would change your plan.


    will probably only increase ski mask sales.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    matabele wrote:
    catefrances wrote:

    that doesnt mean the little old ladies were safe... it just meant they felt safer. and when people feel safe they gain strength and they act differently and stop behaving like victims. so in that respect CCTV is a good thing for those who feel most vulnerable.

    personally i feel no safer in areas where CCTV is installed as opposed to areas where there are none.

    Don't you think if you were a criminal who was going to do something bad then saw a camera, you would change your plan.

    yes i would change my plan, but still commit the crime. id change my approach and my appearance in order to avoid detention by CCTV. i imagine more crims than mountain climbers have balaclavas.
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  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    catefrances wrote:
    matabele wrote:

    that doesnt mean the little old ladies were safe... it just meant they felt safer. and when people feel safe they gain strength and they act differently and stop behaving like victims. so in that respect CCTV is a good thing for those who feel most vulnerable.

    personally i feel no safer in areas where CCTV is installed as opposed to areas where there are none.

    Don't you think if you were a criminal who was going to do something bad then saw a camera, you would change your plan.[/quote]

    yes i would change my plan, but still commit the crime. id change my approach and my appearance in order to avoid detention by CCTV. i imagine more crims than mountain climbers have balaclavas.[/quote]
    :D You're not just back from a job are you?
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    matabele wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    matabele wrote:
    Don't you think if you were a criminal who was going to do something bad then saw a camera, you would change your plan.

    yes i would change my plan, but still commit the crime. id change my approach and my appearance in order to avoid detention by CCTV. i imagine more crims than mountain climbers have balaclavas.
    :D You're not just back from a job are you?

    no its only just after 7pm here. i usually wait until the kids are asleep. 8-)
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Not really, because when I go into town I don't see these strange people with grainy, blurred pixel-heads who always seem to be committing these crimes. They must do all their pilfering when I'm indoors.
  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Not really, because when I go into town I don't see these strange people with grainy, blurred pixel-heads who always seem to be committing these crimes. They must do all their pilfering when I'm indoors.
    lol fins.


    those grainy fuckers....

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