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Crime Caught on Camera I

Wed, Nov 16, 5:00 to 6:20pm, Hilton, Grand Salon 15, 1st Level

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

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Criminology is the scientific study of criminal behavior but criminologists rarely observe their actual object of study. The current omnipresence of video recording devices may become a game changer for criminology as it provides unique access to observations of criminal events, including real-life behavior of the participating individuals (perpetrators, victims, bystanders). This thematic panel session presents research that uses camera-recorded footage of criminal events as they unfold. The focus is on the actual occurrence of crime as it takes place and gets captured on camera. The aim of the contributions is (1) to compare knowledge about criminal acts derived from camera footage to knowledge derived from other types of data sources such as interviews, surveys and register data, (2) to show how camera footage of criminal acts helps to develop and refine existing theories about crime, and (3) to address methodological issues that arise in recording, coding and analyzing camera footage.

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