Controlling retail theft with CCTV domes, CCTV public view monitors, and protective containers: A randomized controlled trial

Hayes, Read; Downs, Daniel M.

doi:10.1057/sj.2011.12

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“…rather than CCTV, was considered the main intervention given that both experimental and control areas were covered by CCTV. Hayes and Downs (2011) randomized the use of CCTV across 47 retail stores, a setting that was outside the scope of this review. 16 shotspotter.com/system/content-uploads/SST_FAQ_January_2018.pdf.…”

Section: Conclusion and Directions For Policy And Researchmentioning

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CCTV surveillance for crime prevention

Piza

Welsh

Farrington

et al. 2019

Criminology & Public Policy

181

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Research Summary We report on the findings of an updated systematic review and meta‐analysis of the effects of closed‐circuit television (CCTV) surveillance cameras on crime. The findings show that CCTV is associated with a significant and modest decrease in crime. The largest and most consistent effects of CCTV were observed in car parks. The results of the analysis also demonstrated evidence of significant crime reductions within other settings, particularly residential areas. CCTV schemes incorporating active monitoring generated larger effect sizes than did passive systems. Schemes deploying multiple interventions alongside CCTV generated larger effect sizes than did schemes deploying single or no other interventions alongside CCTV. Policy Implications The results of this systematic review—based on 40 years of evaluation research—lend support for the continued use of CCTV to prevent crime as well as reveal a greater understanding of some of the key mechanisms of effective use. Of particular salience is the continued need for CCTV to be narrowly targeted on vehicle crimes and property crime and not be deployed as a “stand‐alone” crime prevention measure. As CCTV surveillance continues to expand its reach in both public and private space and evolve with new technology, policy will benefit from high‐quality evaluations of outcomes and implementation.

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Section: Conclusion and Directions For Policy And Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

CCTV surveillance for crime prevention

Piza

Welsh

Farrington

et al. 2019

Criminology & Public Policy

181

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“…A small impact upon crime rates is attributable to CCTV implementation; however, it may be argued that this is a poor measure for effectiveness (Gill & Spriggs, 2005). It is conversely clear that CCTV interventions are effective as a deterrence to theft in a retail setting (Hayes & Downs, 2011); however, environmental factors and CCTV line of sight are also salient in crime prevention and behavioural change amongst offenders (Piza, Caplan, & Kennedy, 2014). There are a number of factors addressed by BWV that CCTV does not, such as line of sight, environmental factors and clarity of evidence gathering.…”

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Body-worn video: A systematic review of literature

Cubitt¹,

Lesic²,

Myers³

et al. 2016

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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Law enforcement use of video-based technology has substantially increased over the past decade. This systematic review examines the current evidence base for efficacy of body-worn video and the current case for implementation. Five articles were identified as pertinent to this review from a search of five electronic databases, with a further six articles of grey literature included. Inter-rater reliability was high amongst three independent screeners of literature. Articles were short listed for review if they explicitly identified police and recording devices as topic areas. Articles were then excluded if they did not involve an operational trial of body-worn video. Eleven articles were included for review; of the five peer-reviewed studies, two were randomised controlled trials. An abundance of evidence was provided; however, the majority of articles were methodologically weak. Body-worn video was shown to reduce use of force incidents, crime rates for certain crime types and court costs. Public response to body-worn video was varied, as was police officer and public opinion. Due to methodological limitations evident in most studies and the general lack of peer-reviewed material, further research is required; however, there are some considerable benefits reported in the current literature.

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“…5 Welsh and Farrington (2009) present a review of the empirical literature, which is mainly concentrated on small-scaled experiences and focuses on partial equilibrium effects. 6 In addition, only a few papers address the causality problem between the installation of cameras and crime -exceptions include King et al (2008), Hayes and Downs (2011), La Vigne et al (2011), Priks (2014), van Ours and Vollaard (2016), and Gómez-Cardona et al (2017. 7 Thus, our first contribution to the literature is to study the causal impact of a larger-scaled introduction of police-monitored cameras compared with the previous literature.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, only a few papers address the causality problem between the installation of cameras and crime – exceptions include King et al . (), Hayes and Downs (), La Vigne et al . (), Priks (), van Ours and Vollaard (), and Gómez‐Cardona et al .…”

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Police‐Monitored Cameras and Crime*

Munyo

Rossi

2019

Scandinavian J Economics

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We study the effects of police monitoring on crime. We exploit detailed information on the location and date of installation of police-monitored surveillance cameras, coupled with data at the street-segment level on all reported crimes in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. We find that the introduction of police-monitored surveillance cameras reduces crime by about 20 percent in monitored areas relative to a pure control group located outside the city. We also explore potential displacement effects, and we do not find evidence of such effects.

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Controlling retail theft with CCTV domes, CCTV public view monitors, and protective containers: A randomized controlled trial

Cited by 34 publications

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CCTV surveillance for crime prevention

CCTV surveillance for crime prevention

Body-worn video: A systematic review of literature

Police‐Monitored Cameras and Crime*

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