Zien is (niet altijd) geloven: bodycams en waarheidsgetrouw bewijs

Julie Caluwaerts; Lucas Melgaço

Seeing is (not always) believing: bodycams and truthful evidence

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Abstract

The use of bodycams can lend to greater legitimacy, transparency, and accountability with regard to police-citizen interactions. However, they ought not be considered a panacea, and need to be understood in their fuller context. The footage they produce is not the only bearer of truth about police-citizen encounters, rather it ought to be considered as an additional perspective on what happens in such encounters.

Translated title of the contribution	Seeing is (not always) believing: bodycams and truthful evidence
Original language	Dutch
Title of host publication	Een vraag naar waarheid
Editors	Joke Bauwens, Vincent Ginis, Trisha Meyer, Bart Van Kerkhove, Kart Verstrynge
Place of Publication	Brussels
Publisher	VUBPRESS
Pages	73-78
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9789461174444
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

body cam
truth
surveillance
police

2 Active

FOD144: Digitalizing the police: internal and external challenges for the police organization in an inclusive society
De Kimpe, S., De Melo Melgaço, L. & Vande Meulebroucke, L.
1/09/22 → 1/12/26
Project: Fundamental
FWOAL1004: Smart Video Surveillance in Smart Cities: Deconstructing Surveillance and Security Discourses
De Melo Melgaço, L. & Van Brakel, R. E.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamental

1 Chapter
1 Article
1 Book/film/article review

Seeing is (not) always believing: bodycams and ‘truthful’ evidence
Caluwaerts, J. & Melgaço, L., 2023, A question of truth. Bauwens, J., Ginis, V., Meyer, T., Van Kerkhove, B. & Verstrynge, K. (eds.). Brussels: VUBPRESS, p. 71-75 5 p. (Poincaré).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

File
Smart Cities as Surveillance Theatre
Melgaço, L. & Van Brakel, R. E., 26 Jun 2021, In: Surveillance & Society. 19, 2, p. 244-249 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
3 Citations (Scopus)

207 Downloads (Pure)
Book review: Brian Jefferson 2020: Digitize and Punish: Racial Criminalization in the Digital Age. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press
Melgaço, L., 2020, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 44, 6, p. 1096-1097 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Book/film/article review › Specialist

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Seeing is (not always) believing: bodycams and truthful evidence

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Projects

FOD144: Digitalizing the police: internal and external challenges for the police organization in an inclusive society

FWOAL1004: Smart Video Surveillance in Smart Cities: Deconstructing Surveillance and Security Discourses

Research output

Seeing is (not) always believing: bodycams and ‘truthful’ evidence

Smart Cities as Surveillance Theatre

Book review: Brian Jefferson 2020: Digitize and Punish: Racial Criminalization in the Digital Age. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press

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