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*Pros of CCTV
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• Obviously troublesome situations can be seen quickly (assuming someone is watching) and authorities can intervene earlier than usual, avoiding more serious trouble. See this BBC article.
• People are less likely to cause trouble if they know (and care) that they are being watched.

*Cons of CCTV
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• Intelligent trouble (i.e. when people know and care about being watched) may merely be displaced.
• Troublesome outbreaks are possibly just a symptom of problems elsewhere. Avoiding the serious effects here may do nothing to address issues (or symptoms) elsewhere.
• The definition of "troublesome" can easily be defined by those watching via CCTV. Who defines the rules?
• Unease over being watched combined with unknown rules can lead to a lowest-common-denominator society. See The Church Of Diversity.

• A false illusion of scope - see this post on Surveillance and its Effects.

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