Lessons Learned from Crime Caught on Camera
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Lessons Learned from Crime Caught on Camera. / Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz; Bernasco, Wim.
In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 55, No. 1, 01.02.2018, p. 155-186.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Lessons Learned from Crime Caught on Camera
AU - Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz
AU - Bernasco, Wim
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Objectives:The widespread use of camera surveillance in public places offers criminologists the opportunity to systematically and unobtrusively observe crime, their main subject matter. The purpose of this essay is to inform the reader of current developments in research on crimes caught on camera.Methods:We address the importance of direct observation of behavior and review criminological studies that used observational methods, with and without cameras, including the ones published in this issue. We also discuss the uses of camera recordings in other social sciences and in biology.Results:We formulate six key insights that emerge from the literature and make recommendations for future research.Conclusions:Camera recordings of real-life crime are likely to become part of the criminological tool kit that will help us better understand the situational and interactional elements of crime. Like any source, it has limitations that are best addressed by triangulation with other sources.
AB - Objectives:The widespread use of camera surveillance in public places offers criminologists the opportunity to systematically and unobtrusively observe crime, their main subject matter. The purpose of this essay is to inform the reader of current developments in research on crimes caught on camera.Methods:We address the importance of direct observation of behavior and review criminological studies that used observational methods, with and without cameras, including the ones published in this issue. We also discuss the uses of camera recordings in other social sciences and in biology.Results:We formulate six key insights that emerge from the literature and make recommendations for future research.Conclusions:Camera recordings of real-life crime are likely to become part of the criminological tool kit that will help us better understand the situational and interactional elements of crime. Like any source, it has limitations that are best addressed by triangulation with other sources.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - CCTV
KW - interaction
KW - observational methods
KW - camera footage
U2 - 10.1177/0022427817727830
DO - 10.1177/0022427817727830
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29472728
VL - 55
SP - 155
EP - 186
JO - Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
JF - Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
SN - 0022-4278
IS - 1
ER -
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