Unblinking eyes: The ethics of automating surveillance

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-167

  Macnish, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automation; CCTV; Clive Norris; False negatives; False positives; Gary Armstrong; Operator; Prejudice; Profiling; SUBITO; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860192912     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-012-9291-0     Document Type: Article

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