Body Worn Cameras

Monitoring Technology: The Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Citizen-Police Interactions

[Submitted]. This paper provides experimental evidence that using body-worn cameras (BWCs) for police monitoring improves police-citizen interactions. We compare our results to the previous literatures by replicating their empirical strategy in our setting, finding attenuated effects.

December 2023 · Thiemo Fetzer, Pedro CL Souza, Caterina Soto Vieira