Body‐worn cameras as a potential source of depolicing: testing for camera‐induced passivity

Contentious debate is currently taking place regarding the extent to which public scrutiny of the police post‐Ferguson has led to depolicing or to a decrease in proactive police work. Advocates of the “Ferguson effect” claim the decline in proactive policing increased violent crime and assaults on t...

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Main Author: Wallace, Danielle Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 481–509
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