The future of video analytics for surveillance and its ethical implications

Security Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 272-289

  Adams, Andrew A ^a   Ferryman, James M ^b  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCTV; computer vision; ethics; regulation; surveillance; video analytics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937203136     PISSN: 09551662     EISSN: 17434645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sj.2012.48     Document Type: Article

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