must either deter would-be criminals or be actively used by the police to detect and stop
crimes. However, this is often not feasible because cameras are commonly placed discretely …

This brief explains how pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) and panoramic public surveillance cameras
work and how they differentially impact crime and support criminal investigations. Using data …

How many times a day do we encounter closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras? Drive
down a street, and you have likely been captured on at least one. They are prevalent on …

Eric Piza, Brandon Welsh, David Farrington, and Amanda Thomas (2019, this issue) present
an updated systematic review of the effects of surveillance cameras on crime. The authors …

This study uses quasi-experimental analyses to estimate the effectiveness of police-
operated CCTV cameras in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most studies have focused on how …

In 2007, only 13 percent of US law enforcement agencies reported having one or more
surveillance cameras permanently mounted in a public area, partly because surveillance …

The use of surveillance cameras is growing tremendously in the USA. In this paper,
researchers evaluate two studies that analyzed the effectiveness of Chicago's camera …

This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement# 2007-CK-WX-K006 awarded by the
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, US Department of Justice, with …

As evaluations of CCTV camera systems have increased and improved methodologically
over the years (see Piza et al. 2019), one striking development has been a focus on the use …

Abstract On October 5, 2018, Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke was convicted of
second degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery for the 2014 shooting of 17-year …