In many countries, the theft of bicycles is a persistent problem that lacks of evidence to concern effective prevention strategies. It is reported by ACT policing that the number of received bicycle theft reports is 1005 during 2014 to 2015, which increased by 25 per cent than the previous year (The Canberra Times, 2015). ANU is one of the hotspots that the bicycle theft take place. Although the university has experimented a number of measures for reducing bicycle theft, there is a lack of evidence to assess the effectiveness of these means (Sidebottom, et al., 2009). Closed circuit television (CCTV) is one of the interventions that widely used to monitor public space. For advocators, they claimed that CCTV could effectively combating certain
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I will collect various forms of data, while mostly from university database, which could provide the true data of theft case on campus. The reason why I do not choose the official database is that bicycle thefts is not the same as other property crime. In the official database, bicycle theft is under the category of “other theft” (Loder & Bayly, 1986). It is hard for us to gain the accurate data of the crime. Besides this, few victim would report bike theft to the police because they think that the police would not find it and bike is not as expensive as a vehicle. According to the Australian Crime Victims Survey, it revealed that the most common reason why victim doesn’t report the offence to the police is that the process is too trivial and the case itself is unimportant (Loder & Bayly, 1986). While, if a student’s bike is stole on campus, they are more likely to reflect the issue to the university. The detailed information that student provides, such as the place of bike theft, could help us to focus on the changes in the designated area. It is also helpful to compare the crime rate before and after the installation of CCTV in this area. In this case, the data we obtained might be more valid and …show more content…
This is because the changes of crime rate cannot be simply linked to the installation of the facilities. It is necessary to compare the crime rate with other places to rule out other possibilities that might influence the outcome. By combining the two data sets, the result might be able to evaluate whether the CCTV has an impact on crime in the
I will collect various forms of data, while mostly from university database, which could provide the true data of theft case on campus. The reason why I do not choose the official database is that bicycle thefts is not the same as other property crime. In the official database, bicycle theft is under the category of “other theft” (Loder & Bayly, 1986). It is hard for us to gain the accurate data of the crime. Besides this, few victim would report bike theft to the police because they think that the police would not find it and bike is not as expensive as a vehicle. According to the Australian Crime Victims Survey, it revealed that the most common reason why victim doesn’t report the offence to the police is that the process is too trivial and the case itself is unimportant (Loder & Bayly, 1986). While, if a student’s bike is stole on campus, they are more likely to reflect the issue to the university. The detailed information that student provides, such as the place of bike theft, could help us to focus on the changes in the designated area. It is also helpful to compare the crime rate before and after the installation of CCTV in this area. In this case, the data we obtained might be more valid and …show more content…
This is because the changes of crime rate cannot be simply linked to the installation of the facilities. It is necessary to compare the crime rate with other places to rule out other possibilities that might influence the outcome. By combining the two data sets, the result might be able to evaluate whether the CCTV has an impact on crime in the