Purpose

To date script analysis has not been used in the field of criminology to further understand processes behind events involving non-offending criminal justice system actors. The purpose of this research is to conduct a pilot study to develop a police officer force escalation script.

Methods

Through the systematic social observation video data analysis of police-worn body camera footage, conjunctive analysis of case configurations is applied to develop force escalation scripts.

Results

Scripts consist of dominant officer and subject action configurations associated with an increased risk of escalation from soft empty-hand control to more severe types of force, as well as configurations of environmental and demographic characteristics.

Conclusions

Based on identified scripts, if study results are replicated using a larger sample size, results support the efficacy of persistent calm commands for reducing risk of escalation. Crisis intervention and procedural justice training is recommended for officers. To create a heightened awareness of the presence of a recording device, wearers of BWCs may consider narrating interactions as they unfold. Finally, pending replication, we advocate for immediate physical separation of victim and suspect when in a private space.

中文翻译：

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通过对破旧的摄像机镜头进行联合分析，脚本化警察对武力的升级使用：一项系统的社会观察试点研究

目的

迄今为止，犯罪学领域尚未使用脚本分析来进一步了解涉及非犯罪性刑事司法系统行为者的事件背后的过程。这项研究的目的是进行一项初步研究，以制定警务人员升级脚本。

方法

通过对警察佩戴的身体摄像机镜头进行系统的社会观察视频数据分析，对案件配置进行综合分析，以开发部队升级脚本。

结果

剧本由主要军官和主体行动配置组成，这些配置与从软空手控制升级为更严厉的武力升级风险以及环境和人口统计学特征的配置有关。

结论

根据已识别的脚本，如果使用更大的样本量来复制研究结果，则结果可支持持续镇定命令的效果，以降低升级风险。建议对官员进行危机干预和程序正义培训。为了增强对记录设备存在的认识，BWC的佩戴者可能会考虑在互动过程中叙述互动。最后，在进行复制之前，我们主张在私人空间中立即将受害者和犯罪嫌疑人物理隔离。