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Activation of Body-Worn Cameras: Variation by Officer, Over Time, and by Policing Activity:
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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, ...read more
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Report: Increases in Police Use of Force in the Presence of Body-Worn Cameras Are Driven by Officer Discretion
Barak Ariel,Alex Sutherland,Darren Henstock,Josh Young,Paul Drover,Jayne Sykes,Simon Megicks,Ryan Henderson +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a multisite randomized controlled trial reported that police body-worn cameras (BWCs) had, on average, no effect on recorded incidents of police use of force.
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How do body-worn cameras affect the amount and makeup of police-initiated activities? A randomized controlled trial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
TL;DR: The authors examined how the amount and makeup of police-initiated activities changed after the introduction of body-worn cameras (BWCs) and found that BWC-wearing officers may be less likely to engage in proactive activities that are highly discretionary and that could potentially lead to confrontations with community members.
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Predictors of police body-worn camera acceptance: digging deeper into officers’ perceptions
Natalie Todak,Janne E. Gaub +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined individual-level factors related to police body-worn camera (BWC) acceptance, including demographics, job characteristics, cultural attitudes, organizational justice perceptions and BWC acceptance.
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Is There a Civilizing Effect on Citizens? Testing the Pre-Conditions for Body Worn Camera-Induced Behavior Change:
Quin Patterson,Michael D. White +1 more
TL;DR: 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 effect on citizen behavior.
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The Effect of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Use of Force and Citizens’ Complaints Against the Police: A Randomized Controlled Trial
TL;DR: The question is: do body-worn-cameras reduce the prevalence of use-of-force and/or citizens’ complaints against the police?
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Evaluating the impact of police officer body-worn cameras (BWCs) on response-to-resistance and serious external complaints: Evidence from the Orlando police department (OPD) experience utilizing a randomized controlled experiment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on officers' response-to-resistance (R2R) incidents and serious external complaints.
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The impact of on-officer video cameras on police–citizen contacts: findings from a controlled experiment in Mesa, AZ
Justin Ready,Jacob T.N. Young +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of on-officer video camera (OVC) technology on citizen complaints, officers' attitudes, and police-citizen contacts were examined in a 10-month period.
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Wearing body cameras increases assaults against officers and does not reduce police use of force: Results from a global multi-site experiment:
Barak Ariel,Alex Sutherland,Darren Henstock,Josh Young,Paul Drover,Jayne Sykes,Simon Megicks,Ryan Henderson +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the final version of the article, which is published from Sage via https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370816643734.
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“Contagious Accountability”: A Global Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Citizens’ Complaints Against the Police
Barak Ariel,Barak Ariel,Alex Sutherland,Darren Henstock,Josh Young,Paul Drover,Jayne Sykes,Simon Megicks,Ryan Henderson +8 more
TL;DR: An “observer effect” is discussed that influences both officers’ and citizens’ behavior and what is interpreted as treatment diffusion between experimental and control conditions within the framework of “contagious accountability.”