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Multi-Modal Analysis of Body-Worn Camera Recordings: Evaluating Novel Methods for Measuring Police Implementation of Procedural Justice

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Date Published

January 2026

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

'It Depends': Officer Insights on the Potential for Body-worn Cameras to Change Police and Citizen Behaviour

Journal

Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice

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Date Published

May 2023

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Law Enforcement Tools to Detect, Document, and Communicate Use of Service Weapons

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Date Published

December 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding and Reducing Deaths in Custody: Analysis of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA) Data

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Date Published

2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Broader Impacts of Body Worn Cameras on Police Work and Community Perceptions: A Multi-Method Assessment

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Date Published

2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Measuring "What Matters" in 21st-century Policing: Partnering with Civilian Oversight to Assess Procedurally Just Policing in Philadelphia

Journal

Police Practice and Research

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Date Published

December 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Dialogue that Works: Examining Police Communication Strategies and Citizen Compliance

15PNIJ-24-GG-05458-NIJB

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$399,881

Comparing the Uses and Benefits of Stationary Cameras Versus Body-worn Cameras in a Local Jail Setting

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Date Published

2023

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Deploying Body-worn Cameras in a Jail Setting: Impacts and Lessons Learned

Journal

American Jails

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Date Published

April 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Does Training Police Officers In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Improve Use Of Force Outcomes? An Experimental Evaluation With Systematic Social Observation in the Colorado Springs Police Department

15PNIJ-24-GG-02567-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$1,325,889

A Statewide Assessment of the Impact of Virtual Check-Ins for Community Supervision

15PNIJ-24-GG-01083-FSAX

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$1,157,850

Unwinding the Impact of Body Worn Camera Evidence on Prosecutor Workload

15PNIJ-24-GG-01793-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$612,685

Effects of Correctional Body-Worn Cameras on Responses to Resistance: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Jail Setting

Journal

Justice Quarterly

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Date Published

March 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forensic Interpretation and Processing of User Generated Audio Recordings

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Date Published

October 2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Us Versus Them? The Problem of Cognitive Distortions in Policing

Journal

Police Quarterly

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Date Published

February 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Strategic Policing Philosophy and the Acquisition of Technology: Findings From a Nationally Representative Survey of Law Enforcement

Journal

Policing & Society

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Date Published

2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Assessing the Effects of Body-Worn Cameras on Procedural Justice in the Los Angeles Police Department

Journal

Criminology

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Date Published

May 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Effects of Body-worn Cameras on Police Activity and Police-Citizen Encounter: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Date Published

2018

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Program/Project Evaluation

The Las Vegas Body-Worn Camera Experiment

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Date Published

November 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

News and Announcement

Presentation

Program/Project Evaluation

Examining the Impacts of Body-Worn Cameras on Correctional Culture, Climate, and the Well-Being of Staff and Incarcerated Persons

15PNIJ-23-GG-06102-FSAX

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$874,312

Validating a novel tool for coding body worn camera footage of police-community member interactions

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

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Date Published

February 2023

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Using Body Worn Camera Footage to Investigate Predictors of Officer Behavior and the Outcomes of Police-Community Interactions

Journal

Police Quarterly

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Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Body-Worn Cameras in a Correctional Setting: Assessing Jail Deputy Attitudes Before, During, and After Implementation

Journal

Justice Evaluation Journal

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Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Video Data Analysis and Police Body-Worn Camera Footage

Journal

Sociological Methods & Research

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Date Published

February 2023

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BJA-Sponsored

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Results from an effectiveness evaluation of anti-bias training on police behavior and public perceptions of discrimination

Journal

Policing: An International Journal

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Date Published

2023

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)