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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #37219 Security Footage
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The  introduction  of  security  footage  in  courtrooms  as  evidence  is  increasingly  common.  With  the  number  of  closed-circuit  television  (CCTV)  cameras  rising,  the  likelihood  of  images  deemed  relevant  for  criminal  proceedings  being  recorded  also  increases.  However,  while  CCTV  footage  may  arguably  have  assisted  in  achieving    in  some  high-profile  cases,  can  it  assist  in  the  overall  reduction  of  violence  against  women?  A  well-known  example  in  Australia  of  CCTV  helping  solve  a  crime  is  the  footage  pulled  from  a  shop  on  Sydney  Road  the  night  Jill  Meagher  was  raped  and  murdered  by  Adrian  Bayley.  This  footage  was  mentioned  in  his  sentencing  in  2013.  In  the  same  year,  Simon  Gittany  was  found    of  the  murder  of  his  partner  Lisa  Harnum.  CCTV  footage    taken  from  his  own  security  cameras    was  again    as  key  evidence.  Beyond  the  courtroom,  news  media  reports  of  crime  are  saturated  with  the  use  of  CCTV  footage.  In  both  contexts,  it  is  often  seen  to  be      an  authoritative  and  objective  witness  that  can  tell  us  what  really  happened.  While  used  in  a  range  of  offenses,  its  inclusion  in  instances  of  extreme  (and  public)  violence  against  women  can  mean  certain  images  receive  significant  and  sustained  media  ,  and  may  remain  online  indefinitely.  The  strength  of  CCTV  in  our  public  consciousness  is  such  that  questions  of  privacy  are  often  dismissed  as  inconsequential.  CCTV  installed  in  the  homes  of  family  violence  victims  has  even  been  considered.

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