Understanding police officer resistance to body-worn cameras

J Huff, CM Katz, VJ Webb - Policing: An International Journal, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose Body-worn cameras (BWCs) have been adopted in police agencies across the
USA in efforts to increase police transparency and accountability. This widespread …

Using wearable technology to increase police legitimacy in Uruguay: the case of body-worn cameras

B Ariel, RJ Mitchell, J Tankebe, ME Firpo… - Law & social …, 2020 - cambridge.org
What are the effects of wearable police cameras on perceptions of the police? In this study,
we report causal estimates from a crossover randomized controlled trial in Uruguay on the …

Activation of body-worn cameras: Variation by officer, over time, and by policing activity

DS Lawrence, D McClure, A Malm… - Criminal Justice …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This study assessed the early deployment of the Anaheim Police Department's body-worn
camera (BWC) program in 2015 by examining camera activations across officers, trends in …

Citizens' perceptions of body-worn cameras (BWCs): Findings from a quasi-randomized controlled trial

M Demir - Journal of criminal justice, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose This study examines citizens' perceptions of police body-worn cameras (BWCs)
and whether the exposure to BWCs impacts citizens' perceptions of BWCs. Method A quasi …

Effects of police body‐worn cameras on citizen compliance and cooperation: Findings from a quasi‐randomized controlled trial

M Demir, AA Braga, R Apel - Criminology & Public Policy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Research Summary This study tests the effect of body‐worn cameras (BWCs) on stopped
drivers' perceptions of complying with police directives, obeying traffic laws, and cooperating …

Is there a civilizing effect on citizens? Testing the pre-conditions for body worn camera-induced behavior change

Q Patterson, MD White - Police quarterly, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The cause (s) of reduced use of force and complaints following police body-worn camera
(BWC) deployment remain unclear, though some argue that BWCs generate a civilizing …

The RIDE study: Effects of body‐worn cameras on public perceptions of police interactions

A Saulnier, R Lahay, WP McCarty… - Criminology & Public …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Research Summary During a brief interaction with motorists (ie, a sobriety check), this study
manipulated officer use (and declaration) of a body‐worn camera (BWC)(present; absent) …

A randomized controlled trial of the impact of body-worn camera activation on the outcomes of individual incidents

J Huff, CM Katz, EC Hedberg - Journal of experimental criminology, 2020 - Springer
Objectives Evaluate the impact of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on officer-initiated activity,
arrests, use of force, and complaints. Methods We use instrumental variable analysis to …

Points of view: Arrestees' perspectives on police body-worn cameras and their perceived impact on police–citizen interactions

E Taylor, M Lee - The British Journal of Criminology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Entirely absent from debates about the desirability and potential impacts of police body-worn
cameras (BWCs) are the views of a significant group on the other side of the lens …

The effects of body-worn cameras on police-citizen encounters and police activity: Evaluation of a pilot implementation in Philadelphia, PA

ER Groff, C Haberman, JD Wood - Journal of experimental criminology, 2020 - Springer
Objectives Examine changes in officer behavior, when wearing body-worn cameras, as
revealed by pedestrian stops, vehicle stops, arrests, use of force, and citizen complaints …