In recent times, camera surveillance or closed-circuit television (CCTV) as an instrument potentially deterring crime and terrorism has become a focus of the public discourse. CCTV might be the most rapidly spreading and, at the same time, one of the most disputed measures of contemporary public...

Camera surveillance has recently gained prominence in policy proposals on combating terrorism. We evaluate this instrument of counterterrorism as resting on the premise of a deterrence effect. Based on comparative arguments and previous evidence on crime, we expect camera surveillance to have a...

In jüngster Zeit ist Kameraüberwachung als potenziell abschreckende Maßnahme bei der Bekämpfung von Kriminalität und Terrorismus zunehmend ins Blickfeld der Öffentlichkeit gerückt. Kameraüberwachung ist wohl das sich am schnellsten verbreitende Instrument und gleichzeitig eine der...

Camera surveillance has recently gained prominence in policy proposals on combating terrorism. We evaluate this instrument of counterterrorism as resting on the premise of a deterrence effect. Based on comparative arguments and previous evidence on crime, we expect camera surveillance to have a...