Pros And Cons Of Surveillance

2. All surveillance is effective, necessary, and beneficial and it could also be entertaining. It is necessary and beneficial because surveillance is not only done by the government nor police officers per se. However, it is similarly done within other administrations, such as in hospitals which is done by the doctors or nurses monitoring the patience health. Also, within workplaces, where employers monitor and observe their employers work and activities (Haggerty, 2006:29). It is also beneficial because surveillance can be done for public health, which is to prevent any infectious diseases from distributing, such as E.coli (Lippert Lecture). It is also necessary because it helps police figure out about suspicious activities before hand or …show more content…
For example, when studying criminal activities and being able to see patterns, and figure out if they were at other places can be done with evidence via surveillance (Lippert Lecture).Additionally, it may be effective in some situations but not always. It is effective because it can record and monitor criminal behaviour and that information may be used as evidence in the court of law (Lippert Lecture).It can also be effective in the case where it can reduce lawsuits and resources used against the police, in the case of body cameras worn by officers (Bud Lecture). In addition, it can be entertaining in the aspect of the use of surveillance in movies. Many movies use the theme of surveillance and show either the good or bad of surveillance depending on the movie and plot (Kammerer, 2010: 468). Specifically, in thriller genre movies, in at least one seen they show a form of surveillance being conducted such as cameras. Furthermore, some movies focus on surveillance as the theme of the movie, such as Enemy of the State by Tony Scott. Within the movies there are different forms of surveillance used for instance cameras and …show more content…
This statement may be true since the different types of surveillance can be effective even if there are some flaws within them. These include overt and covert, when they are able to catch criminals either undercover or being out in public such as monitoring online activities. Vertical and lateral surveillance such as the use of drones, used to monitor drugs being planted within the basements of homes. Another form, is human vs technological surveillance have positives as well as negatives. Human surveillance, such as police patrol is effective in a way that many tend to not commit crimes when they see police officers. Natural surveillance, also is effective, for example, houses being close to one another and in the case of someone attempting to rob the house, there could be someone who saw the perpetrator or cameras that captured it from another house nearby (Lippert Lecture). However, when looking at surveillance technologies such as closed circuit television (CCTV) and its effectiveness it shows that it rarely deters crime, yet so much money is paid towards having them implemented, especially with crime stoppers (Lippert& Wilinkson 114, 2010).Also, many believe it helps minimize crimes within society. With that being said, millions of cameras are placed within public and private sectors (Lippert& Wilinkson 131,