CCTV Evaluation for the Prevention and Reduction of Crime and Disorder - A Case Study of Seoul Metropolitan CCTV -

Kim, Jong-Eop (김종업); Choi Jongseok (최종석); Cheolhyun Jeong (정철현)

CCTV Evaluation for the Prevention and Reduction of Crime and Disorder - A Case Study of Seoul Metropolitan CCTV -

Crisisonomy
Abbr : KRCEM
2014, 10(2), pp.355-374
Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general

Kim, Jong-Eop ¹, Choi Jongseok ², Cheolhyun Jeong ¹

¹연세대학교
²한국지역정보개발원

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ABSTRACT

Prevention and reduction of crime and disorder have been important political issues in South Korea during the past decade, and specifically in local autonomous boroughs in Seoul. These boroughs have introduced CCTV's installation as main policy for the prevention and reduction of crime and disorder. This paper focuses on empirically-based public policy that is relevant to these issues. Key themes are the trends and effectiveness of CCTV policy on prevention and reduction of crime & disorder. The debate about CCTV as a policy for crime prevention and reduction since the 1990s is described and analysed. In other words, this paper describes and critically assesses the impacts of the CCTV policy and summarizes the information related to CCTV. In this paper are also reviewed, including CCTV policy trends, the UK’s experience with CCTV policy at local and central levels. The research results showed that CCTV was not effective in the prevention and reduction of 5 serious crimes in Seoul, South Korea.

KEYWORDS

CCTV, crime prevention, policy evaluation

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