The role of surveillance cameras in criminal evidence \"A comparative study

Abstract

Abstract: Security agencies in all countries of the world seek to achieve a basic and primary goal, which is to prevent and control crime by all possible and legitimate means and methods. In this way, they cannot remain far from scientific development in combating crime. The issue of the outcomes of modern technology and its effectiveness in achieving security and the conviction of the criminal judge of it may remain one of the main determinants in shaping legal systems, especially with the increasing use of surveillance cameras on public roads and in front of shops and the increasing role of their role in proof. The issue of the validity of surveillance cameras in criminal evidence is not a form of legal luxury, but rather rules and contents. The most important of these contents is the extent of their validity in proof before the criminal judge and what is meant by filming using surveillance cameras. The study aimed to identify the nature of filming using surveillance cameras and to identify the position of jurisprudence and law on filming. We relied in the study on the analytical approach, the deductive approach and the comparative approach. The study included three sections. The first section included the importance of visual filming using surveillance cameras and its importance in criminal evidence. The second section included the legal position on the use of surveillance cameras. The third section dealt with the validity of surveillance cameras in criminal evidence.