Sousveilance and law enforcement attitudes
Presenter Hometown
Richmond KY
Major
Sociology
Department
Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work
Degree
Undergraduate
Mentor
Matthew Irvin
Mentor Department
Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work
Recommended Citation
Wagers, David Wendell and Irvin, Matthew W. Jr, "Sousveilance and law enforcement attitudes" (2017). University Presentation Showcase Event. 25.
https://encompass.eku.edu/swps/2017/undergraduate/25
Abstract
This research is based on a prior content analysis of media and Web based accounts of electronic observations of police interactions by citizens. This exploratory study found differences in accounts when comparing citizen accounts of police action vs. mainstream media accounts.
This observation by citizens is termed sousveilance. a term coined by Dr. Steve Mann, which translates into “To view from below” (Mann[MJ1] & Ferenbok 2013). The specific application of sousveilance to observation of police emerges in the 1990s (Brucato, 2015) and continues to be the focus of analyses in social justice and electronic communications research (Goldsmith 2010; Maurantonio, 2014; Mathias 2016[MJ2] ; Ross 2016)
We extend this content analysis with this current proposed study, a survey of college age (18 and above) criminal justice majors. This survey measures attitudes about citizens’ observing and recording police interactions from a population of students most likely to pursue law enforcement/ criminal justice careers. A secondary line of inquiry assesses the differences in attitudes between individuals at the beginning of criminal justice education vs at the culmination of education in a criminal justice program.
Presentation format
Poster
Poster Number
034
Sousveilance and law enforcement attitudes
This research is based on a prior content analysis of media and Web based accounts of electronic observations of police interactions by citizens. This exploratory study found differences in accounts when comparing citizen accounts of police action vs. mainstream media accounts.
This observation by citizens is termed sousveilance. a term coined by Dr. Steve Mann, which translates into “To view from below” (Mann[MJ1] & Ferenbok 2013). The specific application of sousveilance to observation of police emerges in the 1990s (Brucato, 2015) and continues to be the focus of analyses in social justice and electronic communications research (Goldsmith 2010; Maurantonio, 2014; Mathias 2016[MJ2] ; Ross 2016)
We extend this content analysis with this current proposed study, a survey of college age (18 and above) criminal justice majors. This survey measures attitudes about citizens’ observing and recording police interactions from a population of students most likely to pursue law enforcement/ criminal justice careers. A secondary line of inquiry assesses the differences in attitudes between individuals at the beginning of criminal justice education vs at the culmination of education in a criminal justice program.
