| CCTV is the abbreviation for closed circuit television | | | | However, the system has experienced such a growth |
| and it refers to transmitting a signal to specific | | | | and the expenses of purchase and installation of a |
| monitors. The sets of monitors that receive the signal | | | | CCTV camera have dropped so much that it is now |
| from a CCTV camera are specific and their number is | | | | affordable and advisable for individuals to have their |
| limited. Unlike broadcast television, a CCTV security | | | | own CCTV security camera inside their homes. CCTV |
| camera doesn’t transmit the signal openly. The | | | | security cameras are now used successfully in parking |
| most common feature of CCTV is that of being used | | | | lots and statistics show that car crime was significantly |
| for surveillance, and , therefore CCTV security | | | | reduced after the installation of such cameras. |
| cameras are most likely to be found in crowded | | | | However, as far as the other institutions are |
| places or places where security is a must, such as | | | | concerned, the installation of a CCTV security camera |
| airports, banks, ATMs, military facilities, casinos, etc. A | | | | has yet to prove its benefits regarding crime deterring. |
| CCTV camera can also be found in a corner shop or | | | | Some communities have embraced this security |
| a gas station, if the owner chooses to install one in | | | | system, others haven’t. In some cities, there are |
| order to ensure protection for customers. | | | | CCTV cameras everywhere, providing surveillance on |
| But CCTV cameras are not limited to watching | | | | estates, car parks, stations and so on. In other |
| airports and banks. They can also be installed in | | | | countries, CCTV security cameras are not so |
| environments that are not comfortable for people, or | | | | common because they meet strong opposition due to |
| with the purpose to record a process that is observed | | | | their lack of privacy. |
| and controlled from a control room. The conditions | | | | Eventually it has been agreed that CCTV cameras |
| under which some industrial processes take place are | | | | don’t have a spectacular effect as far as crime |
| dangerous for people and it is for this type of | | | | prevention is concerned, especially if we consider the |
| processes that CCTV cameras are designed. The | | | | fact that these cameras often become targets of |
| law sometimes requires the installation of such CCTV | | | | violence themselves. However, the effect on detecting |
| cameras for industrial processes that take place inside | | | | criminals is the most considerable and the images |
| reactors or inside the facilities that produce nuclear fuel. | | | | caught by CCTV security cameras can be used to |
| A CCTV camera can now be found inside taxis as | | | | prosecute such criminals. |
| well, with the purpose to deter violence against the taxi | | | | CCTV cameras can also be installed for safety, not |
| driver. CCTV cameras are used in police vans when | | | | just for security. Such cameras will be found in |
| these are on a surveillance mission. | | | | amusements parks, to make sure that no one is |
| Although their primary purpose is that of ensuring | | | | endangered when a ride starts, or on subway trains, to |
| security, the CCTV security cameras have caused an | | | | confirm that no person will be injured by the closing of |
| on-going debate, because of the fact that they are | | | | the doors. |
| increasingly used in public places. The issue is that a | | | | Traffic congestion and accidents are often noticed |
| CCTV camera violates the right to privacy, which | | | | with the help of a CCTV camera, which is part of the |
| some people consider more important than their own | | | | system that monitors traffic. The registration plates of |
| security. | | | | a car are sometimes read with the aid of a CCTV |
| CCTV cameras where initially used inside government | | | | camera and the owner is fined in case of misconduct |
| facilities and when they began to be used outside | | | | in traffic. |
| these facilities, it was primarily for security inside banks. | | | | |