Television Surveillance and Crime Prevention: Evaluating an Attempt to Create Defensible Space in Public Housing

Author(s):

Musheno, M., J. Levine and D. Palumbo

Date:

1978

Study Location:

New York, NY, USA

Manuscript Type:

Journal

Full Citation:

Musheno, M., J. Levine and D. Palumbo (1978). “Television Surveillance and Crime Prevention: Evaluating an Attempt to Create Defensible Space in Public Housing.” Social Science Quarterly 58(4):647-656

Results:

Only trivial differences between pre and post conditions of experimental compared to control sample, implicating no prevention benefit of CCTV according to resident surveys. Finding suspect given only 3 mos followup.

File:

132-musheno_levine_palumbo-television_surveillance_and_cr.pdf

Study Number:

132.00