Reply #35: that's very true [View All]

[paulsby]

and totally tangential to the fact that if you, especially as an innocent citizen, not somebody targeted for surveillance based on reasoanble suspicion of a crime, are far more likely to be surveilled by govt. in england than in the US, than you are less free in that regard. that is totally unrelated to the efficacy of this surveillance in apprehending criminals. part of the reason is that criminals ADAPT to surveillance cameras. another reason for the lower incarceration rate is that england, despite having a higher crime rate, incarcerates less people for similar offenses than the US,and less than they did several decades ago. for example, they incarcerate one in 22 for robbery, as opposed to one in 3 in 1954