Michael Douglas White (born January 25, 1951) is a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University, where he is also the associate director of the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety and director of the doctoral program in criminology and criminal justice. He is known for his research on the effects of police use of body-worn cameras.[1][2][3] He produced a report for the United States Department of Justice summarizing the arguments for and against the use of such cameras.[4]
Michael D. White | |
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| Born | January 25, 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Moravian College (B.A., 1992); Temple University (Ph.D., 1999) |
| Known for | Work on police body-worn cameras |
| Awards | 2016 Outstanding Experimental Field Trial award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Experimental Criminology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Criminology |
| Institutions | Arizona State University |
| Thesis | Police shootings in Philadelphia: an analysis of two decades of deadly force (1999) |
The report concluded that "there is not enough evidence to offer a definitive recommendation regarding the adoption of body-worn cameras by police."[3] Since then, he has predicted that all police departments with 50 or more officers will have body-worn cameras within two to three years.[5]
References
edit- ^ Lopez, German (2017-07-21). "The failure of police body cameras". Vox. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- ^ Walsh, Jim (2015-04-29). "ASU study to focus on Tempe police use of body cams". USA Today. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- ^ a b Friedman, Uri (2014-12-03). "Do Police Body Cameras Actually Work?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- ^ Staff (2014-09-05). "Can Body Cameras 'Civilize' Police Encounters?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- ^ Capps, Kriston (2015-07-30). "Police Body Cameras: Coming Everywhere in 3 to 5 Years". CityLab. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
External links
edit- Faculty page
- Michael White publications indexed by Google Scholar