How do close-circuit television cameras impact crimes and clearances? An evaluation of the Milwaukee police department's public surveillance system

L Robin, BE Peterson, DS Lawrence - Police practice and research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study uses quasi-experimental analyses to estimate the effectiveness of police-
operated CCTV cameras in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most studies have focused on how …

The effect of public surveillance cameras on crime clearance rates

Y Jung, AP Wheeler - Journal of experimental criminology, 2023 - Springer
Much research has examined the crime reduction benefits of public closed-circuit television
(CCTV) cameras, suggesting that cameras may not deter enough crime to justify their cost …

The crime reduction effects of public CCTV cameras: a multi‐method spatial approach

JH Ratcliffe, T Taniguchi, RB Taylor - Justice Quarterly, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Public Closed Circuit TeleVision (CCTV) initiatives have been utilized as methods of
monitoring public space for over two decades. Evaluations of these efforts to reduce crime …

Analyzing the influence of micro-level factors on CCTV camera effect

EL Piza, JM Caplan, LW Kennedy - Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2014 - Springer
Objectives Despite the popularity of closed circuit television (CCTV), evidence of its crime
prevention capabilities is inconclusive. Research has largely reported CCTV effect as …

Here's looking at you: An evaluation of public CCTV cameras and their effects on crime and disorder

SJ McLean, RE Worden, MS Kim - Criminal justice review, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
We examine the impacts of public surveillance cameras on crime and disorder in
Schenectady, New York, a medium-sized city in the northeastern United States. We …

Does the police-monitored CCTV scheme really matter on crime reduction? A quasi-experimental test in Taiwan's Taipei City

YL Lai, CJ Sheu, YF Lu - International journal of offender …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Although numerous public closed-circuit television (CCTV) initiatives have been
implemented at varying levels in Taiwan's cities and counties, systematic evaluations of …

Police-monitored CCTV cameras in Newark, NJ: A quasi-experimental test of crime deterrence

JM Caplan, LW Kennedy, G Petrossian - Journal of Experimental …, 2011 - Springer
We present a test of the crime-deterrent effect of police-monitored street-viewing CCTV
cameras using viewsheds of areas that were visible by cameras via direct line-of-sight and …

Spread too thin: analyzing the effectiveness of the Chicago camera network on crime

R Shah, J Braithwaite - Police practice and research, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

The future of CCTV

WG Skogan - Criminology & Pub. Pol'y, 2019 - HeinOnline
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 …

CCTV surveillance for crime prevention: A 40‐year systematic review with meta‐analysis

EL Piza, BC Welsh, DP Farrington… - Criminology & public …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …