NCJ Number
178133
Journal
International Journal of Risk, Security and Crime Prevention Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: January 1996 Pages: 19-31
Date Published
January 1996
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This article describes the results of a research study on how Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) is used in small businesses to help combat crime.
Abstract
The study was designed primarily to identify those factors that led to installation of an appropriate or inappropriate system and to discover how effectively or ineffectively it was subsequently managed. Businesses were asked what they wanted to achieve by installing CCTV and what advice they obtained to help them decide on a specification and how closely actual outcomes matched original objectives. Information was also obtained from a random selection of large businesses for comparison. Small businesses were likely to manage the process less well than large ones. They obtained a more limited range of advice and achieved their objectives less fully. Failure to achieve initial objectives may have contributed to a lower level of satisfaction with the technology than would otherwise have been registered. Community-based police crime prevention service appears to offer the best means of filling that void. Figures, tables, notes