Community Perceptions of Police Body-Worn Cameras

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Crow ◽  
Jamie A. Snyder ◽  
Vaughn J. Crichlow ◽  
John Ortiz Smykla
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Police Performance ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Police Use Of Force ◽  
Citizen Complaints ◽  
Perceptions Of Police

Despite relatively little extant research, efforts to expand the use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) in policing are increasing. Although recent research suggests positive impacts of BWCs on reducing police use-of-force and citizen complaints, little is known about community members’ perceptions of BWCs. The current study examined perceptions of residents of two Florida counties and found a large majority of respondents supported the use of BWCs. Structural equation modeling was utilized to examine factors that influence views of BWCs. Findings indicate that positive perceptions of police performance and more police interaction were associated with greater perceived benefits of BWCs, whereas concerns about the privacy reduced perceived BWC benefits. Respondents’ views of procedural fairness and crime concern were indirectly related to perceptions BWC benefits. Non-White and younger respondents were indirectly less likely to perceive benefits. Implications of these findings and future directions for research are discussed.

scholarly journals Identity, legitimacy and “making sense” of police use of force

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 614-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Bradford ◽  
Jenna Milani ◽  
Jonathan Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Social Group ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Police Use Of Force ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which police legitimacy and social identity explain variation in public acceptance of police use of force. The authors assess whether there is an association between legitimacy and public acceptance of apparently illegal or unethical police action; and the extent to which identification with a particular social group predicts judgments of police behavior. Design/methodology/approach The study draws upon cross-sectional data from a 2015 survey of a representative sample of adults in England and Wales. Structural equation modeling is used to model conditional correlations between latent constructs. Findings There are two main findings. First, identifying more strongly with a social group that the police may be seen to represent was consistently associated with greater acceptance of police use of force, whether or not that force seemed to be justified. Second, beliefs about the legitimacy of the police were also associated with acceptance, but primarily only in relation to the use of force in situations where it appeared prima facie justifiable. Social implications Results suggest one possible set of reasons why police retain public support in the face of scandals concerning excessive use of force. Originality/value This is one of only very few studies that have used survey data to explore lay justifications for police use of force.

scholarly journals Being held to account: Detainees’ perceptions of police body-worn cameras

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray Lee ◽  
Emmeline Taylor ◽  
Matthew Willis
Keyword(s):  
Use Of Force ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
Activity Increase ◽  
Police Use Of Force ◽  
Video Cameras ◽  
Police Accountability ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Perceptions Of Police ◽  
The Impact

Police organisations across the world are embracing body-worn video camera technology. The justification for this is to enhance public trust in police, provide transparency in policing activity, increase police accountability, reduce conflict between police and public, and to provide a police perspective of incidents and events. However, while the corpus of research into the efficacy and operational practicalities of police use of body-worn video cameras is developing, questions on some elements of their impact remain. The majority of scholarship has hitherto been evaluations focused on the impact of the cameras on police use of force and on the numbers of complaints against the police. Alternatively, this article explores body-worn video cameras from the perspective of police detainees, and specifically, detainees’ perceptions of the capacities of body-worn video cameras to deliver promised increased levels of accountability in policing. The article draws on a survey and research interviews with 907 police detainees across four Australian jurisdictions. While respondents largely support the use of body-worn video cameras they also identify a number of caveats. We conclude by suggesting that there are still impediments in body-worn video cameras to achieving the level of accountability promised by advocates and expected by the respondents.

scholarly journals Perceptions of police use of force: the importance of trust

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arabella Kyprianides ◽  
Julia A. Yesberg ◽  
Jenna Milani ◽  
Ben Bradford ◽  
Paul Quinton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Police Use Of Force ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Police Action ◽  
Perceptions Of Police ◽  
Acceptability Judgments

PurposeThe range of tactical force options available to police is increasing, while public debate about police use of force is never far from the headlines. This paper aims to examine what factors shape how people accept police use of force.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use two online experiments to test whether different force options affected judgments about the acceptability of police action and to explore the role of trust and legitimacy in people's judgments.FindingsThe authors found across both studies that respondents judged scenarios involving a weapon (baton, CS spray, Taser) as less acceptable compared to scenarios that did not (talking down, handcuffs), but they did not draw much distinction between the specific weapon used. In study 1, exposure to different police tactics had no effect on trust and legitimacy. In study 2, prior perceptions of trust were strong predictors of acceptability judgments.Originality/valueThere is a comparative paucity of British-based empirical research examining public attitudes toward different use of force resolutions by police. In this paper, the authors explore how use of force affects people's views of police at a time in which the nature and scope of force applications, how these are understood and indeed the basic enterprise of policing itself is being reconsidered and renegotiated.

National Data on Citizen Complaints About Police Use of Force

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 455-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Hickman ◽  
Jane E. Poore
Keyword(s):  
Use Of Force ◽  
National Data ◽  
Police Use Of Force ◽  
Citizen Complaints

A Model for Predicting Dating Violence: Anxious Attachment, Angry Temperament, and Need for Relationship Control

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane R. Follingstad ◽  
Rebekah G. Bradley ◽  
Cynthia M. Helff ◽  
James E. Laughlin
Keyword(s):  
Dating Violence ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Direct Path ◽  
Anxious Attachment ◽  
Actual Use

Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test a model incorporating anxious attachment, angry temperament, and attempts to control one’s partner as predictors of the severity and frequency of dating violence. To date, these concepts have not been clearly established as having direct or indirect effects on dating violence. It was hypothesized that anxious attachment and angry temperament would influence the need for and attempts to control one’s partner which, in turn, would predict a person’s actual use of force. College students (213 males; 199 females) completed measures assessing these constructs. Cross-validation was accomplished through using two successive freshmen samples. Statistics indicated the application of the model fit well to both samples. All specified paths were significant except for the direct path from anxious attachment to need for control in the second sample. While exploratory, this model seemed satisfactory for explaining potentially causal relationships of attachment, anger, and attempts to control one’s partner leading to dating violence.

scholarly journals Empowerment of Urban Farming Community to Improve Food Security in Gresik

Agriekonomika ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-156
Author(s):  
Pawana Nur Indah ◽  
Indra Tjahaja Amir ◽  
Umar Khasan
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Urban Farming ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Urban Village ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Improve Food Security

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of urban farming community empowerment to improve food security (A case study of RT 02 and RT 03 Awikoen village, Gending-Gresik Urban Village). The method of analyzing data in this study uses Structural Equation Modeling Parial Least Square (SEM-PLS) using Smart PLS 3 application. The results of this study shows that the variable empowerment of urban farming community members had a real influence to improve food security in Gending urban village, Gresik Regency.

scholarly journals Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)-Based Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike W.-L. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Meta Analyses

Structural equation modeling (SEM) and meta-analysis are two popular techniques in the behavioral, medical, and social sciences. They have their own research communities, terminologies, models, software packages, and even journals. This chapter introduces SEM-based meta-analysis, an approach to conduct meta-analyses using the SEM framework. By conceptualizing studies in a meta-analysis as subjects in a structural equation model, univariate, multivariate, and three-level meta-analyses can be fitted as structural equation models using definition variables. We will review fixed-, random-, and mixed-effects models using the SEM framework. Examples will be used to illustrate the procedures using the metaSEM and OpenMx packages in R. This chapter closes with a discussion of some future directions for research.

Attachment and Wellness Among Latinx Immigrants: Meaning in Life, Belonging, and Hope as Mediators

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 986-1015
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Shelton ◽  
Chiachih DC Wang ◽  
Ivan Carbajal
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
First Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Adequate Model ◽  
Final Model ◽  
Modeling Analysis

This study examined a conceptual model depicting the direct and indirect relationships between attachment insecurity, state hope, belongingness, meaning in life (MIL), and three wellness indicators (i.e., life satisfaction, physical health, and depression) of first-generation Latinx immigrants in the United States. Results of structural equation modeling analysis showed adequate model fit with the data from a sample of 288 individuals. The final model indicated that the link between comfort-seeking attachment and wellness was fully mediated by hope, belongingness, and MIL; the relation between anxious-distancing attachment and wellness was fully mediated by belongingness and MIL but not hope. Specifically, participants with high levels of attachment security reported greater wellness via experiencing a stronger sense of belonging, state hope, and MIL. We discuss future directions and implications for counseling and theory from an attachment theory, positive psychology, and immigration perspective.

The effect of community-oriented policing on police use of force: does community matter?

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 556-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly Miranda McCarthy ◽  
Louise E. Porter ◽  
Michael Townsley ◽  
Geoffrey P. Alpert
Keyword(s):  
Violent Crime ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Multilevel Modelling ◽  
Community Consultation ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Police Use Of Force ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Community Oriented Policing ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether community-oriented policing (COP) influences rates of police use of force across communities, and whether the impact of COP varies according to the level of violent crime in communities. Design/methodology/approach A range of data sources including police use of force reports, online surveys of Officers-in-Charge and recorded crime data was used to examine the association between formal and informal community consultation and the frequency of police use of force, across 64 socially challenged communities in Australia. Findings Poisson multilevel modelling indicated no overall association between informal or formal community engagement and rates of police use of force. However, significant interaction terms for both informal and formal community consultation with violent crime rates indicated that higher levels of informal and formal community consultation were associated with lower rates of police use of force in communities with higher levels of violent crime. This relationship was not evident in low violent crime areas. Research limitations/implications Communities were purposively sampled to have a high propensity for police use of force, on the basis that they had high rates of violent crime, or high levels of socio-economic disadvantage, or both. This research should be replicated with a representative sample of communities. Practical implications The findings extend the potential benefits of COP to reducing the use of coercive policing tactics in high violent crime communities. Originality/value This study finds that COP can reduce the frequency of violent encounters between police and community members in high violent crime communities.

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