Police Use of Body-Worn Cameras
Challenges of Visibility, Procedural Justice, and Legitimacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12729328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ermus St Louis (0009-0007-1052-4704, University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author), Alana Saulnier (0000-0002-8545-1809, Lakehead University), Kevin Walby (0000-0002-5107-2309, University of Winnipeg) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| Pages | 305-321 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Surveillance & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-7487 • E-ISSN: 1477-7487 |
| Publisher | Surveillance Studies Network (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.24908/ss.v17i3/4.8649 |
| OpenAlex | W3000613302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 17 |
Recent controversies over police use of force in the United States of America have placed a spotlight on police in Western nations. Concerns that police conduct is racist and procedurally unjust have generated public sentiments that accountability must be externally imposed on police. One such accountability mechanism is body-worn cameras (BWCs). Optimistic accounts of BWCs suggest that the technology will contribute to the improvement of community–police relations. However, BWCs address consequences, not causes, of poor community–police relations. We argue that the evolving visibility of police associated with BWCs is double-edged, and suggest that the adoption of surveillance technologies such as BWCs in the quest to improve community–police relations will fail without a simultaneous commitment to inclusionary policing practices (such as community policing strategies, community and social development, and local democracy). We outline two initiatives that optimize BWCs by promoting these simultaneous commitments
Accountability · Community policing · Democracy · Economic Justice · Legitimacy · Perception · Political science · Procedural justice · Public relations · Visibility · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Law · Public Administration
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Visibility
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |