Do the Effects of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Use of Force and Complaints Change Over Time? Results From a Panel Analysis in the Milwaukee Police Department
| Autor: | Daniel S. Lawrence, Bryce Peterson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Change over time
Measure (data warehouse) business.industry 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Internet privacy Police department Transparency (behavior) Pathology and Forensic Medicine Panel analysis Accountability 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Business 0509 other social sciences Law General Psychology Use of force 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Criminal Justice and Behavior. 48:734-754 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3594 0093-8548 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0093854820970583 |
| Popis: | Police body-worn cameras (BWCs) can help improve transparency, accountability, and policing behaviors. This study extends prior BWC research by using a panel analysis design with a measure of treatment duration to examine how the effects of BWCs change over time. Using data from the Milwaukee Police Department ( N = 1,009), we propose and test two competing hypotheses: The program maturity hypothesis suggests that BWCs will be more effective at reducing use of force and complaints over time, whereas the program fatigue hypothesis expects BWCs to be less effective the longer officers wear BWCs. We find that BWCs reduced complaints overall and that, over time, each additional month with a camera resulted in 6% fewer complaints. There was no overall relationship between BWCs and use of force, but our treatment duration model suggests that there was an immediate decrease in use of force incidents, followed by a gradual increase in subsequent months. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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