L’Hoiry, X. orcid.org/0000-0001-9138-7666, Santorso, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-5657-2169 and Harrison, K. orcid.org/0000-0003-1236-6301 (2023) Body-worn cameras and unintended consequences: A case study of a British police force. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 97 (4). pp. 658-675. ISSN 0032-258X
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a multi-method case study with a British police force carried out over a 2-year period examining the impacts of introducing body-worn cameras (BWCs). Our findings show that despite a broad enthusiasm for the potential of BWCs, police officers and staff in a British police force reported a series of unintended and undesirable consequences resulting from the introduction of BWCs. These impacts appear to have partly undermined some of the original intentions of introducing BWCs, such as improving policing standards, aiding prosecutorial processes thanks to improved evidential capture and reducing police officer workloads.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | police; body-worn video; body-worn cameras; surveillance; unintended consequences |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2024 16:08 |
Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2024 10:30 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0032258x231211177 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:215471 |