Surely the deterrent is the possibility of being caught?
If you're more likely to be caught due to the surveillance, logic would dictate that it's the greater deterrent.
If you're more likely to be caught due to the surveillance, logic would dictate that it's the greater deterrent.
I would hazard to say that wouldn't have happened had a police officer been stood there instead.
Some major shops in the UK have photographs of police officers on the door, because it reduces theft!