On 12/09/2007, shiv sastry <cybersurg@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday 11 Sep 2007 11:03 pm, ashok _ wrote:

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do you have any statistics to this effect... that cameras have reduced or prevented crime ?

Yes

http://www.thefoucauldian.co.uk/bb.htm "The statistics show that video surveillance can improve security. With 90 % of banks now fitted with cameras, 50 % of robbers are identified and arrested within two years. Thanks to video surveillance in the Paris metro, 83 % of incidents are now detected, and arrests have risen by 36 %. The use of this technology in department stores has reduced shoplifting by two thirds. "

On the other hand, see this article (from slashdot): http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23412867-details/Tens+of+thousand... (or http://tinyurl.com/2n6zrz) "A comparison of the number of cameras in each London borough with the proportion of crimes solved there found that police are no more likely to catch offenders in areas with hundreds of cameras than in those with hardly any". Binand ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE