Bodycams and Gender Equity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3010834 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kim Shayo Buchanan, Phillip Atiba Goff (0000-0003-4316-2870) |
| Editors | Shamus Khan (0000-0003-0331-5000), Madiha Tahir (0000-0003-0019-9948) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 625-644 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0899-2363 • E-ISSN: 1527-8018 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/08992363-7532739 |
| OpenAlex | W2980098160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
Law enforcement agencies, community advocates and policymakers hope that the widespread adoption of police bodycams will alleviate racial disparities and reduce misconduct and use of force. Racial justice has been central to this conversation, but gender justice has not. This essay takes an intersectional, gendered look at bodycam policies, challenging the assumption that officers will act more fairly when they know they are being recorded. Bodycam policies typically ensure that cameras are turned off during investigations of gendered crimes such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex work or sex trafficking. Thus women, sex workers, and gender-nonconforming people may be disproportionately excluded from any benefits of bodycam surveillance. But privacy and dignity interests, as well as investigatory realities, preclude the indiscriminate recording of every police-citizen interaction. More importantly, video recording will not promote accountability unless the recorded behavior is meaningfully prohibited. Unfortunately, many of the abusive practices that arise in gendered investigations are allowed by law, policy, or custom. Bodycams can promote accountability only where they are accompanied by an institutional commitment to fair and professional policing
Accountability · Conversation · Criminology · Dignity · Domestic violence · Economic Justice · Gender equity · Law enforcement · Misconduct · Poison control · Political science · Sexual misconduct · Sociology · Gender Studies · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Crime Control and Feminist Law Reform in Domestic Violence Law
The Effect of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Use of Force and Citizens’ Complaints Against the Police
Female Victims of Sexual Violence, 1994-2010
The Paradox of Women Arrested for Domestic Violence
The Moderating Effects of Support for Violence Beliefs on Masculine Norms, Aggression, and Homophobic Behavior During Adolescence
Ain’t I a Woman?”
Gender, Violence, Race, and Criminal Justice
Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking
A Troubled Marriage
Mapping the Margins
The Rule of Love
Unfounding Sexual Assault
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |