In many cities the use of video cameras in public places is being increased in order to reduce crime, but some people believe that these measures restrict our individual freedom.
Do the benefits of increased security outweigh the drawbacks?
In recent years, surveillance cameras have become ubiquitous in numerous cities across the globe to combat the increasing crime rate. In my opinion, although this might bring several minor privacy issues, it is a net positive approach.
The unfavourable aspects of this increased security relate to individual freedom and privacy. First, these devices can be intrusive when all activities are constantly being monitored. Whether people are on the street or in a shopping mall, their faces and movements are all captured and sent to the authorities or private security firms. What is more, in some cases, this can cause annoying problems to the people being filmed if their images are exploited by unprofessional and disrespectful security guards or staff. For instance, there have been some short clips extracted from CCTV videos unexpectedly posted on social media like Facebook without any permission to attract more viewers or comments.
Nonetheless, the above inconveniences are insignificant and video surveillance certainly plays a crucial role in crime prevention in major cities. First of all, the proliferation of CCTV cameras can help prevent petty crimes such as bag-snatching or pickpocketing, some of the most irritating experiences when going out. However, with the awareness that the places are being filmed, criminals and would-be criminals would probably give up their illegal actions, hence a lower crime rate in these areas. Another positive effect would be that CCTV footage is one of the most useful pieces of evidence to catch and prosecute offenders. In various crime cases, the police have been successfully identified and imprisoned many lawbreakers with the help of surveillance videos and images.
In conclusion, the popularity of CCTV cameras has definitely brought out several merits and demerits to individuals and also society. However, I firmly approve of this development because of its positive impacts on public security and therefore, as residents of a city, we are supposed to accept these minus inconveniences to improve our safety.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 266, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...such as bag-snatching or pickpocketing, some of the most irritating experiences when going ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, hence, however, if, nonetheless, so, therefore, for instance, in conclusion, such as, first of all, in my opinion, in some cases, what is more
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 10.4138276553 163% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 7.30460921844 55% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 24.0651302605 75% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 41.998997996 105% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1765.0 1615.20841683 109% => OK
No of words: 323.0 315.596192385 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.46439628483 5.12529762239 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.23936324884 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96591518694 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 206.0 176.041082164 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.637770897833 0.561755894193 114% => OK
syllable_count: 567.9 506.74238477 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.4188209504 49.4020404114 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 126.071428571 106.682146367 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0714285714 20.7667163134 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.0714285714 7.06120827912 157% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.9879759519 150% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.257024749262 0.244688304435 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0718062786481 0.084324248473 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0464876482837 0.0667982634062 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130944352605 0.151304729494 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0321998771352 0.056905535591 57% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 13.0946893788 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 31.21 50.2224549098 62% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.3001002004 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.68 12.4159519038 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.11 8.58950901804 118% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 78.4519038076 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.7795591182 139% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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