Showing papers in "Criminal Justice Review in 2019"
TL;DR: It is shown that wide consensus exists among Black citizens in favor of body-worn cameras, and that African Americans support a broad range of reforms to improve inner-city policing, of which BWCs are only one.
Abstract: In light of growing concern regarding the policing of inner-city communities—including questionable incidents of use of force—equipping officers with body-worn cameras (BWCs) has emerged as a salie...
29 citations
TL;DR: The authors 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 activations over time.
Abstract: 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 activations over time, ...
26 citations
TL;DR: It is estimated that BWCs can reduce at least 3,000 working days per year lost because of physical violence at work and provide substantial benefits for staff health and safety to those who are equipped with the devices as well as to staff in the vicinity of BWC-equipped employees.
Abstract: Workplace violence is a major health and safety phenomenon. We investigate whether body-worn cameras (BWCs) can achieve a cost-effective reduction of assaults. We conducted a randomized controlled ...
26 citations
TL;DR: Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are the latest and perhaps most tangible answer to complex social questions regarding the use of force, state legitimacy, and the proper role of police in a liberal democra...
Abstract: Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are the latest and perhaps most tangible answer to complex social questions regarding the use of force, state legitimacy, and the proper role of police in a liberal democra...
20 citations
TL;DR: Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are increasingly more common in their use among police officers and research on BWCs is the focus of an increasing number of studies seeking information on stakeholder percept...
Abstract: Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are increasingly more common in their use among police officers. Research on BWCs is the focus of an increasing number of studies seeking information on stakeholder percept...
20 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors collected police, public, and offender survey responses from a single jurisdiction to give a multiple-perspective insight into the use of body-worn video (BWV) cameras by police.
Abstract: Objectives. Police, public, and offender survey responses from a single jurisdiction give a multiple-perspective insight into the use of body-worn video (BWV) cameras by police.
Methods. Police attitudinal data was collected from before (n = 190), during (n = 139), and at the conclusion (n = 221) of a BWV implementation trial. Public attitudes were collected at the conclusion of the BWV implementation trial via online survey (n = 995 respondents) and intercept survey (n = 428 respondents). Offender attitudes (n = 302) were collected in police custody over a 6-month period immediately preceding the BWV trial.
Results. The extent to which police felt BWV influenced their behavior tempered during the trial. All three perspectives were supportive of the use of BWV. The public who had encountered BWV-wearing officers and the offender sample indicated limited belief that BWV would reduce bad behavior. There was also clear contention about the policy and practice decisions around recording.
Conclusions. These findings have significance for BWV trials, commenting on the importance of (a) collecting police attitudes at multiple points, (b) separating the attitudes of public who did encounter police wearing BWV, and (c) data collection and policy for evaluation outcomes.
18 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the collective knowledge of offenders is one of the richest ways to advance understandings of crime commission and effective crime prevention, drawing on self-report data from 53 incarcerated offenders.
Abstract: The collective knowledge of offenders is one of the richest ways to advance understandings of crime commission and effective crime prevention. Drawing on self-report data from 53 incarcerated offen...
18 citations
TL;DR: There has been an increase in the adoption of body-worn cameras (BWCs) by law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad as mentioned in this paper, and several studies have showed promising results in officer sa...
Abstract: There has been an increase in the adoption of body-worn cameras (BWCs) by law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad. While several studies have showed promising results in officer sa...
16 citations
TL;DR: Assessing the nature of data gathered by users of a smartphone-based tool (app) developed in Sweden to assist citizens in reporting incidents in public spaces shows that the incident reporting app is more often used to report an incident and less often to prevent it.
Abstract: This article explores the concept of surveillance by assessing the nature of data gathered by users of a smartphone-based tool (app) developed in Sweden to assist citizens in reporting incidents in ...
16 citations
TL;DR: This article examined the nature and correlates of public support for body-worn cameras (BWCs) in various policing activities, based on a large national sample of U.S. adults, and found that the majority of the people supported BWCs.
Abstract: Based on a large national sample of U.S. adults, the current study examines the nature and correlates of public support for body-worn cameras (BWCs) in various policing activities. Multivariate ana...
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TL;DR: In this article, the potential to advance and extend guardianship using new digital crime prevention applications that have been developed as a consequence of technological advance is discussed, focusing on the potential of advancing and extending guardianship.
Abstract: This conceptual article focuses on the potential to advance and extend guardianship using new digital crime prevention applications that have been developed as a consequence of technological advanc...
TL;DR: The implementation of body worn cameras (BWCs) is occurring at a rapid rate and with relatively little information about their potential impacts on both the police and the citizens they serve.
Abstract: The implementation of body worn cameras (BWCs) is occurring at a rapid rate and with relatively little information about their potential impacts on both the police and the citizens they serve. The ...
TL;DR: Body-worn cameras have been implemented and studied at an unprecedented rate since their emergence in the mid-2000s, largely due to their touted benefits of increasing police accountability.
Abstract: Body-worn cameras (BWCs) have been implemented and studied at an unprecedented rate since their emergence in the mid-2000s, largely due to their touted benefits of increasing police accountability....
TL;DR: Courthouse facility dogs are expertly trained canines that assist individuals with psychological, emotional, or physical difficulties in a myriad of courtroom situations as mentioned in this paper, and are trained to assist individuals in a variety of courtroom tasks.
Abstract: Courthouse facility dogs are expertly trained canines that assist individuals with psychological, emotional, or physical difficulties in a myriad of courtroom situations. While these animals are in...
TL;DR: This article found that justice-involved veterans face increased behavioral health (e.g., mental health and substance abuse) issues and are more likely to be incarcerated for a violent offense compared to non-veterans.
Abstract: Justice-involved veterans face increased behavioral health (e.g., mental health and substance abuse) issues and are more likely to be incarcerated for a violent offense compared to nonveterans. Des...
TL;DR: The authors found that public preferences about justice system approaches to decreasing illegal behavior distinguish between adult and juvenile offending, and they also found that fear of crime and perceived perceived threat of crime distinguish between adults and children.
Abstract: Research shows that public preferences about justice system approaches to decreasing illegal behavior distinguish between adult and juvenile offending. We also know that fear of crime and perceived...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors levy advances in digital tools to promote civic engagement, giving people a voice to participate in public decision-making, while democratizing participation, the use of such tools is limited.
Abstract: Civic technologies levy advances in digital tools to promote civic engagement, giving people a voice to participate in public decision-making. While democratizing participation, the use of such civ...
TL;DR: A number of previous studies into the crime reduction effectiveness of closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance systems have been carried out as mentioned in this paper, which have included the use of...
Abstract: Methodological challenges have hampered a number of previous studies into the crime reduction effectiveness of closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance systems. These have included the use of ...
TL;DR: In this article, the theoretical link between social exchange theory and organizational treatment of employees and their job performance is discussed, but the theoretical connection between the two paradigms is not discussed.
Abstract: Social exchange theory is one of the prominent paradigms used to explain the processes linking organizational treatment of employees to their job performance. However, the theoretical link between ...
TL;DR: This paper examined the effectiveness of Students Talking it Over with Police (STOP) to improve youths' perceptions of the police, willingness to cooperate with police, and perceptions of procedura...
Abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of Students Talking it Over with Police (STOP) to improve youths’ perceptions of the police, willingness to cooperate with police, and perceptions of procedura...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors determine whether low self-efficacy for future academic success and peer delinquency mediated the relationship between weak parental support and delinquency, and if weak parent support and delinquent students were correlated.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether low self-efficacy for future academic success and peer delinquency mediated the relationship between weak parental support and delinquency, and if
TL;DR: This article analyzed the demographic correlates of capital punishment opinion separately analyzed race, gender, and class, and showed that intersectionality has shown a flaw of this approach is that these charac...
Abstract: Extant research on the demographic correlates of capital punishment opinion has separately analyzed race, gender, and class. Intersectionality has shown a flaw of this approach is that these charac...
TL;DR: In the digital age, "eyes" are complemented by technologies such as smartphones, "apps, or body worn cameras, giving expression to new ways of depicting what happens in public space" as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In the digital age, “eyes” are complemented by technologies such as smartphones, “apps,” or body worn cameras, giving expression to new ways of depicting what happens in public space. This special ...
TL;DR: Public opinion polls show that the majority of people in the United States support capital punishment but that is because of White Americans as mentioned in this paper, who are more likely to support it than non-White Americans.
Abstract: Public opinion polls show that the majority of people in the United States support capital punishment but that is because the majority of White Americans support it. Research on the opinions of non...
TL;DR: Body-worn cameras (BWCs) represent one of the latest innovations to permeate policing, and the rapid speed with which law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and internationall...
Abstract: Police body-worn cameras (BWCs) represent one of the latest innovations to permeate policing, and the rapid speed with which law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and internationall...
TL;DR: Tax protesters who use frivolous legal arguments as moral or legal justification for committing tax fraud and related financial crimes as mentioned in this paper have been identified as a major source of harassment and harassment in tax protests.
Abstract: Little attention has been paid to ideologically motivated tax protesters who use frivolous legal arguments as moral or legal justification for committing tax fraud and related financial crimes. The...
TL;DR: This article revisits a survival-based approach for estimating length of stay originally described in Patterson and Preston and uses historical prison data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics National Corrections Reporting Program to compare this method to alternatives and describes and tests the merits of extending it to parametric frameworks.
Abstract: Background:Reporting estimates of length of stay in prison populations is a common objective in corrections research. Researchers and prison administrators use these estimates for many different pu...
TL;DR: Lindegaard's book as discussed by the authors is well suited for upper-level methods and criminological theory classes, and it is also suitable for those interested in ethnographic studies of crime and those who interested in cultural explanations of crime.
Abstract: she took care to represent them accurately, but also to not overly romanticize them. While most of the book presents participants favorably, often praising the way they move through their worlds, she also includes stories of the violence and crime they commit. We are not shielded from their bad behaviors, which provides a more nuanced portrayal of the people she studied. Readers also get a chance to understand Lindegaard as a researcher in her description of the methods and the roles she adopted to collect data and in a couple of short interludes. In the first interlude, she tells a story of meeting a man who has committed murder and who was murdered soon after their interaction. I enjoyed this interlude as it gave a sense of the person collecting data. This too allows us as readers to be more sympathetic to those being studied. Lindegaard has produced a thoughtful ethnography. It is well suited for those interested in ethnographic studies of crime and those interested in cultural explanations of crime. As such, it is well suited for upper-level methods and criminological theory classes. Like other academic works, the book is not without limitations. Methodologically, Lindegaard did not go far enough in incorporating the photos into the analysis and putting herself into the book. Collecting the photos was a great decision. Not only do the photos empower participants and draw the reader in, but also they are powerful tools for data collection. Using them to stimulate interviews is an effective technique as they tap into different parts of a person’s emotions when responding to questions. The book began with 20 photos and short captions. Because of this, I expected more from the photos throughout. Lindegaard missed an opportunity by not making the photos and photo elicitation interview data more significant components of the results. Similarly, I found the first interlude interesting because of its ability to let me feel like I was in on some backstage part of the research. This led me to look for other interludes—in fact after the first one I went to the table of contents to jump ahead and read them all. Unfortunately, there were only two. By including only two, the book left me thinking that the interludes were an afterthought and had been forced in. I had hoped for more. These interludes would have been a nice tool to allow readers to peek behind the curtain of the research. Despite these small missteps, I believe Lindegaard can be seen as a research traceur. She navigated the social world of young people in South Africa in a way that allowed her to see the world from their eyes. She was able to see the ways that the larger structure of South Africa acted upon these people, and how they used the resources available to them to act with agency. Many practitioners of parkour believe that they should never harm, vandalize, or damage the environment they traverse. Some even advocate for being the custodians of the space they traverse. Lindegaard may be an outsider to those she studied, but the care with which she tells their stories shows she is a custodian of the space and of the people’s stories and that she has not abused this privilege.