RT Article
T1 The RIDE study: Effects of body-worn cameras on public perceptions of police interactions
JF Criminology & public policy
VO 19
IS 3
SP 833
OP 854
A1 Saulnier, Alana
A2 Lahay, Ryan
A2 McCarty, William P.
A2 Sanders, Carrie B. 1978-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1727453115
AB Research During a brief interaction with motorists (i.e., a sobriety check), this study manipulated officer use (and declaration) of a body-worn camera (BWC) (present; absent) while documenting participant BWC recollection (correct; incorrect) to assess effects on motorists’ perceptions of the encounter and of police more generally. Results (N = 361) demonstrate that perceptions of procedural justice were more favourable in the BWC-present condition when the entire sample was included in the analyses, but that this effect was not significant when focusing on the subset of the sample that correctly recollected BWC use (though the pattern of the effect was the same in both analyses). Policy Implications In combination with results from a handful of similar studies, this study's results suggest that BWCs may be a tool that can be leveraged to enhance public perceptions of encounters with police; however, more research is needed to substantiate this claim. In particular, the development of evidence-based policy on this matter necessitates continued studies that address issues such as sample imbalances (e.g., gender and minority status), length of the interaction studied (i.e., experimental dosage), and controlling for officer behavior.
K1 Body-worn cameras
K1 Field Experiment
K1 Police
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 Public perceptions
K1 Randomized controlled trial
DO 10.1111/1745-9133.12511