"Not the usual suspects": A study of factors reducing the effectiveness of CCTV

Security Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-154

  Keval, Hina ^a   Sasse, Martina Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCTV control room; Ergonomics; Human computer interaction; Security; Task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950294624     PISSN: 09551662     EISSN: 17434645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sj.8350092     Document Type: Article

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