Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper looks into how widespread surveillance impacts the idea of innocence. It weighs the advantages of such surveillance against the serious ethical issues it brings up. Monitoring can be beneficial for law enforcement helping to identify innocent individuals and clear their names. However, it also raises serious concerns about privacy violations and the risk of false accusations. These issues tend to affect vulnerable groups the most leading to greater harm for those already at a disadvantage. The research uses examples from different countries to show the ethical and legal issues that come with widespread monitoring. The findings suggest that while surveillance can help reduce crime it often infringes on personal freedoms and creates an atmosphere where people feel like they are always being watched. This article argues that we need strong laws and better privacy protections. These are crucial to make sure that surveillance is fair and doesn’t violate people’s rights. We need to take legislative action to ensure that monitoring systems are properly regulated. This will help protect against any potential misuse of these systems.
Source: Vniversitas
Institutions: University of Ha'il, Jadara University
Language: English
Topic: Criminal Law and Evidence
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410510066