Frohne's concept of “criminalization of any actions caught under surveillance cameras”

When camera surveillance is everywhere and visible out in the open--in the streets, individuals' homes, and even primary school classrooms--people begin to accept the camera scrutiny as a sense of medialization rather than the over-powering glare from Big Brother. In countries such as England where society uses the camera to observe itself, they obtain a sense self assurance and protection from the camera eye. In the past, people feared surveillance due to the idea that a higher authority was watching every move they make, with the intention of catching any misbehavior and finally controlling all their activities. Now the role of the audience has shifted over to the public, and surveillance videos have joined the category of mainstream media. However, because the camera provides a source of permanent security, the issue of 'anonymity' rises and anything unfamiliar turns into a threat. When something unusual occurs and is viewed through the camera lens, the perspective on reality becomes twisted and society tends to turn any captured activity into a crime. Another reason why people criminalize anonymous behavior is because of the way camera surveillance constantly focuses on the same scene, allowing the observer to form a trust in the consistency of the view, and suggesting the possibility of a threatening activity occurring at the setting.
For example, an elementary school girl was caught on camera hiding her classmate's shoes in a locker, and was penalized with a yellow card (three of these results in a suspension). The punishment for what appears to be a young child's playful joke, seems a bit severe for an eight-year old. The act of searching for the culprit through camera surveillance suddenly turns the ordinary childish accident into what Frohne describes as a crime scene where “control criminalizes everyone and everything and makes the observer a witness of chimerical crimes (269).” Rather than giving the “guilty” child a chance to come clean on her own, the teacher immediately turns to the camera to inspect misconducts of the classroom and search out the “thief.” Camera surveillance may provide a sense of protection for everyone, but what is recorded on camera is often over-exaggerated and criminalizes any negative deed that is caught on tape.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1111826/Caught-classroom-spy-camera--primary-school-pupil-hid-girls-shoes.html