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Abstract
This paper examines new meanings that police–citizen interactions take on when officers make sense of them through the lens of body-worn cameras (BWCs). Drawing on 30 interviews with frontline police officers in a large Canadian city, we analyse the embodied character of BWCs to show how officers reframe their role and the subtleties of their approach in dealing with the public as more robotic. First, the participants believe BWCs curb their ability to build rapport with citizens, and therefore dehumanize interactions. Second, they report a need to operate more mechanically to follow protocol for case-building and use-of-force. Still, 100 per cent of participants remain in favour of BWC use—in an era of high visibility and pressure for accountability, video recording technology offers protection.
Original language | English |
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Article number | azad059 |
Pages (from-to) | 744-760 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | British Journal of Criminology |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 4 Nov 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2024 |
Funding
This article draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Funders | Funder number |
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
Keywords
- Policing
- Body-worn cameras
- Embodiment
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Guest Lecture 'Policing on the ground' University of Waterloo Canada, department of Sociology and Legal Studies
Laura Keesman (Speaker)
4 Nov 2024Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Invited talk Policing Research Group Technische Universität Berlin. Presentation: ‘The Showability of Policing: How Police Officers’ Use ofVideos in Organizational Contexts Reproduces Police Culture and “Robocops” in the Making: Re-framing Police-Citizen Interactions through the Lens of Body Cameras’.
Laura Keesman (Speaker)
21 Sept 2023Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Paper presentation “Robocops” in the Making: Reframing Police-Citizen Interactions through the Lens of Body Cameras. Panel ‘Body Worn Cameras’. Eurocrim (European Society of Criminology), Florence.
Laura Keesman (Speaker)
6 Sept 2023Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic