Do Police Body-Worn Cameras Reduce Citizen Fatalities? Results of a Country-Wide Natural Experiment

Objectives This study assesses the effects of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on rates of fatalities arising from police-citizen encounters. While existing experimental research has not examined this outcome because it is so rare, the staggered roll-out of BWCs across the nation’s law enforcement agencies...

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Authors: Miller, Joel (Author) ; Chillar, Vijay F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Pages: 723-754
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Keywords:
Difference-in-difference
Use of force
Police technology
Fatal encounters
Body-worn cameras