Research Summary In this article, we provide the most comprehensive narrative review to
date of the research evidence base for body‐worn cameras (BWCs). Seventy empirical …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the extant of the published literature on body-
worn cameras (BWCs) in policing, specifically in the context of how BWCs affect both …

Amidst the backdrop of considerable citizen unrest in the US stemming from perceived
injustices within police-citizen interactions in recent years, many government leaders have …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess perceptions of body-worn cameras (BWCs)
among citizens who had BWC-recorded police encounters, and to explore the potential for a …

Objectives Recently, scholars have applied self-awareness theory to explain why body-worn
cameras (BWCs) affect encounters between the public and police, with its most immediate …

Abstract Research Summary This study uses interviews with 23 police officers from a small
police department to conduct an in‐depth examination of their perceptions of three critical …

The study took place in an economically and socially diverse city in the southwestern United
States. The police department there, which was already using audio-only recording devices …

While body-worn cameras (BWCs) are increasingly becoming commonplace in police
organizations, researchers and policymakers still know little about their implementation in …

Administrative discretion can range from benign to troubling, and law enforcement officers
possess the power to use physical violence in the discharge of their duties. Body‐worn …

This study assessed the early deployment of the Anaheim Police Department's body-worn
camera (BWC) program in 2015 by examining camera activations across officers, trends in …