Elegant security: Concept, evidence and implications
Elegant security: Concept, evidence and implications
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DOI：
10.1177/1477370820932107
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发表时间：
2020-06-24
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Tilley, Nick
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作者：
Farrell, Graham;Tilley, Nick
有些安全设备可能很丑陋、不方便或侵犯公民自由。这意味着安全是一个生活质量问题，也是预防犯罪的问题之一。在这里，我们建议，除了预防犯罪和具有成本效益之外，安全性最好应该是道德的和不引人注目的、美观的中性或令人愉悦的、易于使用的或默认的选项。我们用“优雅”这样的特征来形容安全。我们通过两个案例研究来探讨，随着近几十年来多种犯罪类型的减少，优雅的安全行为如何增加，不优雅的安全行为如何减少。我们认为，某些安全技术的生命周期会从不优雅演变为优雅，需要不断改进才能领先于犯罪者的适应，并且即使可以防止犯罪，不优雅的安全也可能会被废弃。希望这一概念贡献可以为有关安全的适当形式和作用的讨论提供信息。
Some security devices can be ugly, inconvenient or an infringement on civil liberties. This means that security is a quality of life issue as well as one of crime prevention. Here we propose that, in addition to preventing crime and being cost effective, security should preferably be ethical and unobtrusive, aesthetically neutral or pleasing, and the easy-to-use or default option. We describe security with such characteristics as 'elegant'. We use two case studies to explore how, as many types of crime have declined in recent decades, there was an increase in elegant and a decrease in inelegant security. We suggest that the lifecycle of some security technologies sees them evolve from inelegant to elegant, that continual improvement is required to keep ahead of offender adaptations, and that inelegant security can fall into disuse even if it prevents crime. It is hoped that this conceptual contribution might inform discussions about the appropriate form and role of security.