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Safety or profit? The booming business of CCTV and Safer Streets

 MiddleMiddle High School Secondary

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy 

Ethical Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

 

1. Read the following article from The Conversation 7th June 2016 Reading

 

The Conversation

2.  Analyse the article by stating 3 facts about Safer Streets that support the issue of safety, and, 3 facts about the profits gained. How much money is involved?

3. You have looked at the facts but what about the opinions! List as many opinions as possible from this article. What are the assumptions stated? Is there any underlining prejudice? Is it confirmed in the facts or opinions presented?

4. Share your ideas with a partner. What was their opinion? Could they support it with the facts?

 

Updates: Does this information (below) enhance your convictions or not? Why?

The Conversation 10 July 2024Reading

The Conversation

 

The Conversation 18 March 2023Reading

The Conversation

 

 

So where does the balance lie, between respecting people's privacy and keeping people safe?

PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle High School Secondary

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Ethical Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy 

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

 

1. Form pairs of students. Look at the following video from 16th October 2012 on BTN Video(still available February 2025)

BTN

Local copy: Transcript

2. It states that in Adelaide with 60 cameras [in 2012], the average person gets filmed 15 times a day. [In the UK it is around 70 times a day! 2025]

Find out how many cameras are in a 1Km radius of your school. Work out how many times you would go pass these cameras in a single day.

3. Look at the following map of Adelaide here. Enlarged map here [Local copy] Work out the number of metres (approximately) that are covered by CCTV

CCTV Adelaide

4. In a report by the Messenger, in February 2015, it stated that Adelaide now has 99 CCTV cameras. Estimate how many times an average person would now be filmed.

Messenger

Local copy: Transcript

5. Discussion

After reading the article in the Messenger, discuss with a partner the following statement:

 

 "But not everyone wants them. They argue that security cameras rarely stop crime from happening and the invasion into everyone's privacy is not worth it. So would you rather be filmed or not be filmed?" (Source: BTN)

 

   

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