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Cameron Sepede
Alexis Sieverts
Baylee Blackwell
Gary Banford
Cris Longhurst
English 1010
March 8, 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Should Law Enforcement Wear Body Cameras?
Rutkin, Aviva. "The Rise of On-body Cameras and How They Will Change How We Live." New
Scientist 25 July 2015. New Scientist. Reed Business Information, 22 July 2015. Web. 8 Mar.
2016.
The author is Aviva Rutkin, a reporter for New Scientist. Rutkin writes columns about
artificial intelligence. She also has a blog and a newsletter. She graduated from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. She has been in journalism for over 8 years. She is associated with
many different fields of study which helps qualify her for such a controversial topic.
Appraisal of the publication information: This article was written in 2015, so it is very current.
New Scientist published this article. Yes it is a very popular article. I know that the credibility is a
reliable source. New Scientist is very well known.
The audience is addressing adults that have a say in these things effecting our
community so much. It is aimed more towards the older generation. This source is not too
technical for someone like me to understand. It is straight forward and it effects how I interact
with law enforcement. The writing style suggest that she is very organized and clear that she is
for police body cameras.
The source covers facts from research that has been done when a particular city in
California distributed police body cameras. She bases things more off of evidence, rather than
opinion. Yes, her contents is valid and well-reasoned. There is no evidence in her article that I
believed to be untrue. Her assumptions are very reasonable and non-biased.
This source fits into my research because it talks about how behavior is changed for the better
when law enforcement uses body cameras. It benefits the community AND law enforcement and
I believe that is very crucial.
Marks, Paul. "Body-worn Cameras Put Police Evidence beyond Doubt." New Scientist 26 Oct.
2013. New Scientist. Reed Business Information, 23 Oct. 2013. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.
The author of this source is Harry Bruinius. Bruinius is an author, journalist, and New
York Staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor. He attended Yale University, and Columbia
University - Graduate School of Journalism. The subject of police is not his expertise. He has
over 15 years of experience as an author and journalist, and is an adjunct assistant professor at
Hunter College.

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This source was published in The Christian Science Monitor in September of 2014,
making it a more current article. It is a more popular journal and is published by a magazine that
reports often about world conflicts and news.
The intended audience are those who will be influenced by the body cameras being
released so rapidly into the workforce (which includes everyone). This source covers a lot of
facts, and not too much opinion. It is very informative. It appears to contain many wellresearched points and valid information. I find that the idea that the cameras are needed to
assure that police are not discriminating racially is not supported strongly by solid evidence.
I find that the sources fits into my research because it touches on the idea that the body
cameras need policies on when they should be turned on and turned off. It also says that many
police officers were more worried about privacy issues, which seemed surprising to me. It brings
up the fact that the storage for the devices is an incredible concept, and that it would take
millions of dollars to keep and maintain all of the footage. It helps me to understand that the
cameras could potentially be a privacy issue, more for the officers than for the public, noting that
they have private conversations.
Bruinius, Harry. "New York Police Test Body Cameras: Effective Deterrent or Privacy Violation?
The Christian Science Monitor. Christian Science Publishing Society, 5 Sept. 2014. Web. 8 Mar.
2016.

The author of this source is Harry Bruinius. Bruinius is an author, journalist, and New
York Staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor. He attended Yale University, and Columbia
University - Graduate School of Journalism. The subject of police is not his expertise. He has
over 15 years of experience as an author and journalist, and is an adjunct assistant professor at
Hunter College.
This source was published in The Christian Science Monitor in September of 2014,
making it a more current article. It is a more popular journal and is published by a magazine that
reports often about world conflicts and news. The intended audience are those who will be
influenced by the body cameras being released so rapidly into the workforce (which includes
everyone).
This source covers a lot of facts, and not too much opinion. It is very informative. It
appears to contain many well-researched points and valid information. I find that the idea that
the cameras are needed to assure that police are not discriminating racially is not supported
strongly by solid evidence.I find that the sources fits into my research because it touches on the
idea that the body cameras need policies on when they should be turned on and turned off. It
also says that many police officers were more worried about privacy issues, which seemed
surprising to me. It brings up the fact that the storage for the devices is an incredible concept,
and that it would take millions of dollars to keep and maintain all of the footage. It helps me to
understand that the cameras could potentially be a privacy issue, more for the officers than for
the public, noting that they have private conversations.
Michelle L. Price - Associated, Press. "Utah Lawmaker Working On Police Body Camera Rules."
AP Regional State Report - Utah (2015): Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 9 Mar. 2016.

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The author of this article is Michelle Price. Price studied at Arizona State University and
Universite Laval, and she currently works as a Utah State Capitol reporter. She has years of
experience in the writing field, and she has worked with legal issues in the Utah State Capitol for
over 3 years.

This source was published in May of 2015 by AP Regional State Report - Utah. This is a
scholarly journal, and we see that the source is credible, being written by the Utah State Capitol
Reporter, and Associated Press. The article is aimed towards those who are worrying about
privacy issues and may feel that police body cameras violate their rights. This source is
satisfactory for our needs with just enough facts and statements from the public. The writing
style is descriptive, with lots of facts and details concerning the matter.

The contents of the source appear to be very reliable, and all the information wellresearched. The article is not so much filled with ideas and opinions of her own, but facts on the
matter, and statements made by others. This source answers our research question by bringing
up the issue of when the officers should record and when they shouldnt. This source
contributes to my understanding of the topic by showing me more of the police perspective, and
their views on privacy, and when it is appropriate to film.

White, Michael D. Police Officer Body-Worn Cameras: Assessing the Evidence. National
Criminal Justice Reference Center. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.
The author, Michael D. White is a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal
Justice at Arizona State University, and is Associate Director of ASUs Center for Violence
Prevention and Community Safety. He received his Ph.D. in criminal justice from Temple
University in 1999. Prior to entering the world of academia, Dr. White worked as a deputy sheriff
in Pennsylvania. Dr. Whites primary research interests involve the police, including use of force,
training, and misconduct. His recent work has been published in Justice Quarterly, Criminal
Justice and Behavior, Criminology and Public Policy, and Crime and Delinquency.
The source was published in 2014 and is therefore current and reliable. This source was
presented by a professor at a major university for scholarly purposes. This source was written
and self-published by a man who has a lot of work and study experience in this field and is
therefore a very reliable source. The author is most likely addressing students and fellow
colleagues in the study of criminal justice. This source is just right for our needs. though this
source is long, it has a lot of useful information and is organized very well which allows for easy
navigation of the information inside of the small book. The writing style of the this author is very
straight forward and easy to understand.
This source simply covers the facts and sources that the author has collected throughout
his research. The information was clearly very well researched and organized before being put
into this source. This source will provide our paper with a lot of useful information when it comes
to talking the issues of police body cameras.

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Ariel, Barak, William A. Farrar, and Alex Sutherland. "The Effect of Police Body-Worn Cameras
on Use of Force and Citizens Complaints Against the Police: A Randomized Controlled Trial."
Journal of Quantitative Criminology 31.3 (September 2015): 509-35. Springer Link. 19 Nov.
2014. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.
Barak Ariel, the first author associated with this piece, has a Ph.D. in Criminology from
the Hebrew University. He is currently employed at the Institute of Criminology at the University
of Cambridge where is he is a lecturer in the police executive Program. William A Farrar, the
second author, is the police chief in Rialto, California is considered by the New York Times to be
a Champion for Police Cameras. He also has helped and written for the Institute of Criminology
at the University of Cambridge. The third author, Alex Sutherland, has his Ph.D. in Sociology at
Nuffield College and the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. Alex is currently at the
position of Research Methods Teaching Associate for the Social Sciences Research Methods
Centre. He teaches courses in quantitative methods to graduate students from a range of
disciplines across the university.
This source was published in 2014 and is therefore very up-to-date on all of the current
advancements and current events of the modern policing era. This source was published by the
Journal of Quantitative Criminology. This is a scholarly journal intended for fellow criminology
students and colleagues. This source covers a lot of facts and mainly sticks to quoting and citing
hard evidence. This source will fit nicely into our research and paper.
"Police weigh pros and cons of body cameras." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada] 9 Mar.
2015:S1.Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.
This article is written by Mike Hager. Hager graduated from University of Western
Ontarios Huron College and Langara College. Before working with Globe and Mail he spent
three years with Vancouver Sun. Hagers written interests are in politics, human rights, crime
and the environment. Hagers article was published by Globe & Mail in March of 2015
His writing is more of a Narrative style .This article helps provide insight on both view
points to allow everyone that is involved or affected by law enforcement. He's provided other
police departments higher officials testimonies within the article. This makes his article reliable
in the sense it provides a rounded view of all precincts and view points of how it may be
discouraged and how it may be encouraged to have body cameras on law enforcement.
This article is substantial to our research question because it provides us with the
disadvantages and advantages of why there is so much controversy on when they should be
activated, due to privacy and other issues. It allows us to push the issue when they should be
turned on to provide transparency of how our law is upheld.
"Cameras on cops still in demand a year after Ferguson." CNNWIRE 7 Aug. 2015. Opposing
Viewpoints in context. Web. 17 Feb. 2015.
This article is written by Paul La Monica. La Monica graduated from The University of
Pennsylvania. La Monica has been with CNNMoney since 2001. Prior to CNNMoney he was
with Red Herring for one year, SmartMoney for two years, and American Banker for two years
starting in the 1996. His written interests are daily analysis of breaking news (Marketing,
Economy and Technology). CNN is widely known and was launched in 1980 as a news

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broadcasting system. This source was published in CNN Wire in August of 2015
La Monica writing is more of a Descriptive style. It provides information about the
growth of body cameras in law enforcement throughout varies locations. This growth postdates
to the recent state cases that body cameras wouldve been useful, such as the Ferguson vs.
Missouri. The article provides percentages of rapid expansion and how body cameras will be
widely used within the years to come.
This article is substantial to our research question because it allows us t see the high
demand for this law enforcement equipment. It provides evidence of different precincts that
have purchased body cameras and who are going to be implementing this new equipment in
officers daily routine.
Von Drehle, David. "Who Do You Trust?." Time 184.13 (2014): 21. Academic Search Premier.
Web. 7 Mar. 2016.

The author of this source is Harry Bruinius. Bruinius is an author, journalist, and New
York Staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor. He attended Yale University, and Columbia
University - Graduate School of Journalism. He has over 15 years of experience as an author
and journalist, and is an adjunct assistant professor at Hunter College.

This source was published in The Christian Science Monitor in September of 2014. It is
a more popular journal and is published by a magazine that reports often about world conflicts
and news. The intended audience are those who will be influenced by the body cameras being
released so rapidly into the workforce (which includes everyone).

This source is written in the descriptive stye. It appears to contain many well-researched
points and valid information. I find that the sources fits into our research because it touches on
the idea that the body cameras need policies on when they should be turned on and turned off.
It also says that many police officers were more worried about privacy issues, and helps me to
understand that the cameras could potentially be a privacy issue, more for the officers than for
the public, noting that they could have private conversations while the cameras are rolling.