Surveillance in Public Areas Essay

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Cameras in Public PlacesQ1. List all the places you traveled this past week where you likely appeared on a closed-circuit television. Do you believe your environment was safer with CCTV? Explain?Over the course of the past week, I have been in stores had CCTV. Overall, I did not feel that these stores were high-risk environments to begin with. Arguably, this may have made the environments safer for the cashiers who worked there as the presence of cameras can act as a deterrent to theft, especially if the cashiers are dealing with expensive merchandise or cash transactions.From my own personal perspective, however, while it may have discouraged shoplifting (and therefore ensured that the price of goods did not go up due to stealing), I did not necessarily feel safer because of the CCTV. The time I spent engaging in my transactions in these stores was very brief. I may have felt differently if I was in a higher-risk environment like an airport or public transportation and appreciated the cameras more. I do feel safer in a bank if I see a CCTV and I am using an ATM machine. Of course, it is also possible I was videoed in CCTV without my knowledge in a public area.Q2.
Do you believe CCTV in public places such as schools (including classrooms), shopping malls, airports, parking lots, etc. violates your right to privacy? Why…

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…be permitted where people may be intimately exposed, such as dressing rooms and doctor’s offices. Any safety concerns can easily be addressed by having surveillance in waiting rooms or elsewhere in the store. Also, semi-private locations such as counselling sessions should not be recorded without the individual’s stated permission. Personal hotel rooms, gym locker rooms, and monitoring employee work areas to ensure they are not taking too many breaks is also problematic, however (Surveillance cameras, 2022). Even though these are public spaces, they could be used to personally humiliate or discipline someone, and if there is the suspicion of illegal activity going on, a warrant should be needed. Or, in the case of employees, workers’ output should….....

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