... attitudes Body-worn cameras Police culture Peer influence Police agencies across the United States have implemented body worn cameras (BWCs) at a steady pace over the last decade. Approximately 62% of local police agencies reported using BWCs in 2020 (Goodison and Brooks, 2023), which is an increase...

... emotional and behavioral states. Design/methodology/approach We systematically analyzed body-worn camera footage from 82 real-life police-civilian interactions in the Netherlands, coding 35 distinct de-escalation techniques. Using Firth's logistic regression with cluster bootstrap, we assessed...

...Michael D. White; Brice Terpstra; Aili Malm; Charles M. Katz; Kelsea Hurley; Quin Patterson Purpose This study examines changes in body-worn camera (BWC) policies. It aims to analyze trends in policy change, identify the drivers of policy change, and examine the degree of convergence over time...

...Ermus St. Louis Purpose This study employed technological frames of reference (TFR) theory to explore officer attitudes toward body-worn cameras (BWCs) in the Chicago Police Department (CPD), identifying frames that may undermine compliance. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Body-worn cameras Police perceptions of BWCs Type of law enforcement agency Procedural justice Police legitimacy Cooperation Compliance Police lawfulness Research on BWCs has increased in recent years, with a focus on police...

... the form of police body-worn cameras (BWCs), is encouraged and considered an innovation that can improve the policing profession. However, BWC adoption is likely more feasible in big city departments than in small and rural departments, who respond to many of the same issues as their larger counterparts...

...Hannah Cochran; Robert E. Worden Purpose The objectives of this research were to examine how officer perspectives on body-worn cameras (BWCs) are patterned by broader occupational attitudes, and to analyze stability and change in officers' attitudes toward BWCs before and after the deployment...

...Thomas J. Mrozla; Julia Marin Hellwege Purpose Gender representation in policing is an important but understudied topic. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between female representation in police departments and the acquisition of body-worn cameras (BWCs). Further, it examined how...

...Paige S. Thompson; Bryce E. Peterson; Daniel S. Lawrence Purpose This paper explores community members' perceptions of the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD)'s body-worn camera (BWC) program, examining knowledge and support of the program and its impact on views of procedural justice and legitimacy...

...Jordan C. Pickering Purpose Throughout the last decade, a number of empirical studies have assessed the effectiveness of body-worn cameras (BWCs) among law enforcement agencies across the United States. The purpose of this paper is to examine officers' perceptions regarding the impact...

...Natalie Todak; Janne E. Gaub Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine individual-level factors related to police body-worn camera (BWC) acceptance. Design/methodology/approach Surveys were completed by 119 officers from one northwestern police agency a year after BWC deployment...

...Renée J. Mitchell; Barak Ariel; Maria Emilia Firpo; Ricardo Fraiman; Federico del Castillo; Jordan M. Hyatt; Cristobal Weinborn; Hagit Brants Sabo Purpose More than a half a dozen published studies have observed the effect of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on complaints against the police. Nearly all...

...Jessica Huff; Charles M. Katz; Vincent J. Webb Purpose Body-worn cameras (BWCs) have been adopted in police agencies across the USA in efforts to increase police transparency and accountability. This widespread implementation has occurred despite some notable resistance to BWCs from police...

...Natalie Todak; Janne E. Gaub; Michael D. White Purpose The diffusion of innovations paradigm suggests that stakeholders’ acceptance of a police innovation shapes how it spreads and impacts the larger criminal justice system. A lack of support by external stakeholders for police body-worn cameras...

...Michael D. White; Natalie Todak; Janne E. Gaub Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess perceptions of body-worn cameras (BWCs) among citizens who had BWC-recorded police encounters, and to explore the potential for a civilizing effect on citizen behavior. Design/methodology/approach...

...William V. Pelfrey Jr; Steven Keener Purpose The importance of body-worn cameras (BWC) in policing cannot be overstated. This is not a hyperbolic statement – use of force incidents in Ferguson and Baltimore, the ensuing riots, coupled with critical long term implications for police community...