Public Perceptions of the Justifiability of Police Shootings: The Role of Body Cameras in a Pre- and Post-Ferguson Experiment

Police Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 251-274

  Culhane, Scott E ^a   Boman, John H ^a   Schweitzer, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

audio perception; Body cameras; Ferguson; Missouri; police shootings; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981263353     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611116651403     Document Type: Article

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