A Third Party to Police Activity: How Body-Worn Cameras Impact Police Officer Language and Behavior, and How Officers Use Them
dc.contributor.advisor | Meehan, Albert | |
dc.contributor.author | Koehler, Paige | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-04T20:02:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-04T20:02:33Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10323/11451 | |
dc.description.abstract | Body-worn cameras were vastly integrated into American policing following the contentious officer-involved shooting deaths of Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner in the summer of 2014. High start-up and management costs, as well as concerns about both officer and citizen privacy, keep some departments from fully embracing these surveillance devices. Essentially, they question whether the rewards of body-worn cameras outweigh their risks (White & Malm, 2020). This project aims to demonstrate the necessity of body-worn cameras in modern policing through analyzing if and how officers orient their speech and behavior towards these devices in officer-involved shootings, and whether that may benefit them in subsequent investigations. It will also cull findings from existing qualitative research and analyze body-worn camera policies to evaluate the benefits of technology for the police and society generally. | en_US |
dc.subject | Police | en_US |
dc.subject | Body-worn cameras | en_US |
dc.subject | BWC | en_US |
dc.subject | Police Science | en_US |
dc.subject | Use of force | en_US |
dc.subject | Officer-involved shooting | en_US |
dc.subject | Police tactics | en_US |
dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES | en_US |
dc.subject | Surveillance | en_US |
dc.subject | Criminal justice | en_US |
dc.subject | Sociology | en_US |
dc.title | A Third Party to Police Activity: How Body-Worn Cameras Impact Police Officer Language and Behavior, and How Officers Use Them | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |