Imagine that you are a criminal justice researcher employed by the city of Phoen
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Question
Imagine that you are a criminal justice researcher employed by the city of Phoenix to study the efficacy of police body cameras. The Phoenix Police Department has just received 500 body cameras and is trying out a new program in which 500 officers will wear them on patrol every shift. Create an experimental or quasi-experimental design that will examine how effective the use of these body cameras are in the raising public trust and reducing citizen complaints. How would you measure these effects? (Keep in mind that there are many possible ways this could be done. Be sure to give adequate justification as to why your method would be best and how you could reduce rival factors.) (400-509 words)
Explanation / Answer
As per data available the number of complaints raised is barometer of social health of society. And number of complaints properly handle without bias develop the consciousness of being trust to polices system. Body camera, its role is limited and instrumental one . By deploying this kind of instrument it's possible to diagnose the problems at earlier stage. And earlier stage diagnoses helps to reduction in development of complaints to its earlier. This observation under study will grouped in two broad categories for comparison. At stage one, base data get develop by selecting types of compliant which may likely affect due to use of body camera during patrolling. And for last 12 months month wise complaint received data gathered for comparison. The seriousness of complaints can be evaluated according nature of destructions.
In case of experiment, input parameter get alter with intention to develop proper effective solution, here the body camera is instrument which helps to records the evidences according to time during patrolling. The evidences recorded during patrolling helps to develop concrete complaints and there will less manipulation.
Thus with assumption that there is relation in between complaint and its rectification certain observation get noted. And as body camera helps to encounter problems at earlier stage, this will boost the public trust.
Also there will be least scope for further development for destruction by complaints and transparency in evidences will built the public trust.
Thus parameter recorded after using body camera in one city can be compare with the complaints raise in another city subjected to another parameter almost same. This comparison will be graphically plotted to develop correlation. And due to transparency and regular updated in improvement in earlier stages helps to develop by compare with earlier or last year data.
Thus comparative study
a. By comparing earlier complaint data and reduction in complaint rate.
b. By comparing results of another ideal city where remaining other parameter and number of complaint is same also where body camera not being used helps to realize importance & efficacy .