A/Professor Justin Ready
Despite the fairly widespread claim that police are resistant to change, police services have been prolific adopters of new technology over the past two decades. Many of these new technologies have GPS capabilities that track frontline officer movements and use of discretionary time. To date, little research has examined cultural factors that impede or obstruct the diffusion of these technologies through police organizations. The current study examines the relative influence of officer characteristics, the safety and support benefits of technology, and procedurally-just police management and leadership on resistance to new officer-tracking technologies.
Biography
Dr Justin Ready is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University. He received his PhD at Rutgers University, where he served as Project Director in the Centre for Crime Prevention Studies. He later worked as a Senior Research Associate at the Police Foundation in Washington, DC. His research focuses on crime hot spots, the link between crime and public health, and the impact of new technology on police practices. He is the 2013 recipient of the Young Experimental Scholar Award and the 2016 recipient of the Award for the Outstanding Experimental Field Trial. Recently, he has studied the evolution police command and control structures, the effects of active shooter incidents on officer memory, and the impact of body cameras and GPS technology on police operations. His publications have appeared in academic journals such as Criminology, the Journal of Experimental Criminology and Justice Quarterly.