You link to an article that says ... "Overall, the evidence suggests that CCTV c an reduce crime.". And then continues mention that specific context matters: V

You link to an article that says ... "Overall, the evidence suggests that CCTV c an reduce crime.". And then continues mention that specific context matters: Vehicle crime ... oh well, I wonder if we could combat that without surveilance, like better locks, remote disable of the engine ... There as here with the phones, society has to evaluate the price of the loss of privacy and abuse by totalitarien systems, which will happen - we just can't say when. This is why some - like me - resist backdoors at all if for the price of "more crime".