Allegations of racist conduct among police forces have led to numerous calls for reform, most of which fail to address the core issues.
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NSW police will make body-worn cameras mandatory after recent controversies. But it may not solve the issues they face.
Expanding surveillance in supermarkets may deter theft, but it does little to address the structural causes of food insecurity and rising grocery prices.
The expansion of technologies has increased the documentation of violence. But it doesn’t always lead to justice since courts often exclude information gathered by families and communities.
For body cameras to function as transparency tools, wrongdoing would have to be consistently penalized, highlighting the consequences of noncompliance.
AI-generated police reports promise to save cops time, but they also raise a host of legal and technical concerns.
The public’s right to know often gives way to concerns about privacy, public safety and protecting evidence.
Jurors can perceive events in a video in different ways – one of which depends on how the evidence is presented in court, a media scholar explains.
Police body cameras have the potential to make private details about people’s lives, including some of the most stressful experiences of their lives, public and easily accessible online
Nonwhites were less willing to wait for an internal investigation to wrap up before seeing the footage.
Amidst calls to defund the police, political leaders are increasing police budgets, arguing — incorrectly — that increasing police surveillance capacities will help provide accountability.
To use body cameras effectively, police need to be guided by law, not policy.
The use of body cameras by police forces raises questions about surveillance, privacy and regulation.
If you thought police surveillance was mere CCTV, it’s time to catch up on what’s happening on the other side of the lens.
But can they improve pupils’ behaviour?
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Principal Lecturer in Criminal Justice, University of Portsmouth
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Interim Director, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy, University of Stirling
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Professeur titulaire, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Manitoba
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Adjunct Professor at the UBC Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
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Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor of Media Law and Policy, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, Drexel University
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Professor, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University
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Assistant Professor in Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, UMass Boston
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Professor of Law, George Washington University
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Reader (Associate Professor) in International Law, Kent Law School