Body-worn cameras, accountability and surveillance
Mar 7, 2025 — 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
This event aims to explore the incorporation of body-worn cameras in Brazilian police forces, focusing particularly on the narratives and official discourses that inform the decision to use these digital technologies. I will discuss the processes of surveillance and digital technologies, examining how they intersect with public safety and social control in Brazil. Specifically, how do the institutional discourses and logics of public safety actors regarding the use of digital technologies manifest? What insights do the perspectives of those involved in the implementation of body-worn cameras provide about the legitimacy of police actions and the dynamics of technological vigilantism?
Luiza Correa de Magalhães Dutra
Luiza Correa de Magalhães Dutra is a PhD candidate with a Master's degree in Criminal Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil, with a study period as visitor researcher at uOttawa, Canada. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with an abroad period at Sciences Po, Rennes, France, and a degree in Law from PUCRS. She is a researcher and project leader at the Institute for Research on Internet and Society (IRIS/BH). She is also a researcher of the Research Group on Public Security Policies and Administration of Criminal Justice (GPESC/PUCRS). Her current research focuses on the narratives from the different government institutions for the adoption of body-worn cameras and the political dispute in this area