In many cities the use of video cameras in public places is being increased in order to reduce crime but some people believe these measures restrict our individual freedom Do the benefits of increased security outweigh the drawbacks

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In many cities the use of video cameras in public places is being increased in order to reduce crime, but some people believe these measures restrict our individual freedom.
Do the benefits of increased security outweigh the drawbacks?

In many metropolitan areas, close circuit television cameras are being installed in public areas to track criminal activities, while others argue that it is encroaching citizen's liberty. This essay will argue that it helps the police to track down criminals, but the downside is that it violates the right to personal freedom. Therefore, the advantage outweighs the disadvantage.

On a positive side, surveillance cameras in stations, bus stops, main streets and parks play a pivotal role in tracking down offenders. For example, The UK police upload facial pictures of criminals in their wanted database. All faces which are being filmed run through the photographs of uploaded earlier. When a picture matches or it is similar, it alerts the operator about the location of the person. This method has helped to solve several bank robbery, murder, and stolen automobile cases around the globe. Therefore, round the clock monitoring helps in safety and security in a city.

The weak side of the argument is that it violates individual privacy. This to say the movement of law-abiding citizens is also digitally recorded, which is considered an infringement of their rights. This makes people left with no choice but to surrendering their privacy or not going to public places or places where they are installed. For example, it is estimated that a person living in any major city in the UK will be recorded up to 80% of the time when they are in public.

In conclusion, although surveillance is an erosion of individual privacy being the downside. The advantage it provides investigating agencies to solve cases overshadows all its drawbacks.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 170, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'citizens'' or 'citizen's'?
Suggestion: citizens'; citizen's
...ile others argue that it is encroaching citizens liberty. This essay will argue that it ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, so, therefore, while, as to, for example, in conclusion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 7.85571142285 25% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 24.0651302605 96% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 41.998997996 88% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1388.0 1615.20841683 86% => OK
No of words: 267.0 315.596192385 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.19850187266 5.12529762239 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04229324003 4.20363070211 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84682138216 2.80592935109 101% => OK
Unique words: 161.0 176.041082164 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.602996254682 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 442.8 506.74238477 87% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.2975951904 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.1222638301 49.4020404114 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.5333333333 106.682146367 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8 20.7667163134 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.4 7.06120827912 62% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.67935871743 35% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 3.9879759519 226% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.121304953214 0.244688304435 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0355492744065 0.084324248473 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0326394604086 0.0667982634062 49% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0692455587534 0.151304729494 46% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.029944910687 0.056905535591 53% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.0946893788 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 45.76 50.2224549098 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.58 12.4159519038 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.39 8.58950901804 109% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 78.4519038076 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.78957915832 82% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.1190380762 87% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 Out of 9
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