ABSTRACT Heralded as an evidentiary ‘game changer’, body-worn video cameras (BWVCs) have recently been utilised by justice agents in domestic and family violence (DFV) responses. Proponents assert that BWVC footage can: strengthen evidential cases; improve the probability of guilty pleas or convictions; reduce State expenditure; and bolster police accountability and perceptions of procedural justice. There has been little consideration of how BWVCs might shape victim/survivor experiences of the justice system. In this article, I discuss (and foreground) missing voices on BWVCs, drawing on a project completed with Australian female victim/survivors. I unpack issues that women have flagged as important; whether or not BWVC footage might prompt reviews of police actions and failures to act, serve their best interests and impact their journey through the justice system. Exploring interdisciplinary literature and police and judicial statements in public discourse, I examine expectations about how women present and understandings of the dynamics and effects of DFV. Questioning claims that BWVCs provide neutral footage, I contend that representations are subject to interpretation, governed by practical, ideological and social standpoints, biases and constraints. To study BWVC evidence we must consider the media, the incident-based focus of BWVCs and the relationality between image and spectator.

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视觉化暴力？捕捉和批评家庭暴力的随身摄像机证据

摘要 身戴式摄像机 (BWVC) 被誉为证据“游戏规则改变者”，最近已被司法人员用于应对家庭暴力 (DFV)。支持者声称 BWVC 镜头可以： 加强证据案件；提高认罪或定罪的可能性；减少国家开支；并加强警察的问责制和对程序正义的看法。很少考虑 BWVC 如何影响司法系统的受害者/幸存者体验。在本文中，我将讨论（和前景）关于 BWVC 的缺失声音，借鉴与澳大利亚女性受害者/幸存者完成的项目。我解开女性认为重要的问题；BWVC 镜头是否会促使对警方行动和不作为的审查，为他们的最大利益服务并影响他们通过司法系统的旅程。探索跨学科文献以及公共话语中的警察和司法声明，我研究了对女性如何呈现和理解 DFV 的动态和影响的期望。质疑关于 BWVC 提供中性镜头的说法，我认为陈述会受到解释，受实际、意识形态和社会立场、偏见和约束的支配。要研究 BWVC 证据，我们必须考虑媒体、BWVC 基于事件的焦点以及图像与观众之间的关系。质疑关于 BWVC 提供中性镜头的说法，我认为陈述会受到解释，受实际、意识形态和社会立场、偏见和约束的支配。要研究 BWVC 证据，我们必须考虑媒体、BWVC 基于事件的焦点以及图像与观众之间的关系。质疑关于 BWVC 提供中性镜头的说法，我认为陈述会受到解释，受实际、意识形态和社会立场、偏见和约束的支配。要研究 BWVC 证据，我们必须考虑媒体、BWVC 基于事件的焦点以及图像与观众之间的关系。