Department of Psychological Sciences.
Department of Psychology.
Law Hum Behav. 2021 Oct;45(5):440-455. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000454.
OBJECTIVE(S): We assessed the impact of body-worn cameras (BWCs) in two countries on perceptions of everyday encounters with police, independent of officer respectfulness and participants' preexisting trust in police.
We expected BWC presence, officer respectfulness, and preexisting trust in police to all significantly improve individuals' perceptions of a police encounter. We also expected interactions indicating that BWC presence and preexisting trust in police reduce the effect of officer respectfulness on perceptions of the encounter.
In each of three experimental studies, we measured participants' preexisting trust in police, and then presented participants with a vignette describing an encounter with a police officer in which officer respectfulness (respectful, disrespectful) and the presence/disclosure of a BWC (absent, present and disclosed by officer, present but undisclosed by officer) were independently manipulated. In Studies 1 (N = 422, M = 29 years, 73% women, 68% Australian) and 2 (N = 210, M = 19 years, 64% women, 59% Hispanic) in Australia and the United States, respectively, participants assumed the role of the driver in a traffic stop as they read the vignette. In study 3 (N = 504, M = 29 years, 72% women, 34% English), participants in Australia assumed the role of a citizen interacting with a police officer enforcing COVID-related restrictions. Participants then recorded their perceptions of procedural justice of and satisfaction with the encounter, legitimacy of the police, and willingness to co-operate with police.
Across three studies and two countries, we found no support for the notion that BWC presence influenced people's perceptions of police-citizen interactions independent of officer respectfulness and preexisting trust.
The effect of BWC presence, established in prior research, might operate via its effect on officer respectfulness. These findings underscore the importance of preexisting trust in police and respectful behavior by police officers, even in BWC-recorded encounters. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
我们评估了两个国家中使用随身摄像机（BWCs）对日常警察遭遇看法的影响，而不考虑警察的尊重程度和参与者对警察的预先信任。
我们预计 BWCs 的存在、警察的尊重程度和对警察的预先信任都会显著改善个人对警察遭遇的看法。我们还预计，表明 BWCs 的存在和对警察的预先信任会降低警察尊重程度对遭遇看法的影响的相互作用。
在三项实验研究中，我们测量了参与者对警察的预先信任，然后向参与者展示了一个情景描述，描述了与警察的一次遭遇，其中独立操纵了警察的尊重程度（尊重、不尊重）和 BWCs 的存在/披露（不存在、存在且由警察披露、存在但未由警察披露）。在澳大利亚的研究 1（N = 422，M = 29 岁，73%女性，68%澳大利亚人）和研究 2（N = 210，M = 19 岁，64%女性，59%西班牙裔）以及美国，参与者在阅读情景描述时扮演了交通拦截中司机的角色。在研究 3（N = 504，M = 29 岁，72%女性，34%英语）中，澳大利亚的参与者扮演了与警察互动的公民的角色，警察正在执行与 COVID 相关的限制。然后，参与者记录了他们对遭遇的程序正义和满意度、警察的合法性以及与警察合作的意愿的看法。
在三项研究和两个国家中，我们没有发现 BWCs 的存在会影响人们对警察与公民互动的看法，而不考虑警察的尊重程度和预先信任。
在先前的研究中确立的 BWCs 存在的影响可能通过其对警察尊重程度的影响而发挥作用。这些发现强调了预先信任警察和警察尊重行为的重要性，即使在 BWCs 记录的遭遇中也是如此。
