Sargeant Elise, Murphy Kristina, McCarthy Molly, Williamson Harley
Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, QLD, Australia.
Crime Delinq. 2023 Apr;69(4):707-726. doi: 10.1177/0011128721991824. Epub 2021 Feb 3.
The public rely on the police to enforce the law, and the police rely on the public to report crime and assist them with their enquiries. Police action or inaction can also impact on public willingness to informally intervene in community problems. In this paper we examine the formal-informal control nexus in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on a survey sample of 1,595 Australians during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, we examine the relationship between police effectiveness, collective efficacy, and public willingness to intervene when others violate lockdown restrictions. We find that perceptions of police effectiveness in handling the COVID-19 crisis has a positive impact on the public's willingness to intervene when others violate lockdown restrictions.
公众依靠警察执法，而警察则依靠公众举报犯罪并协助他们进行调查。警方的行动或不作为也会影响公众对社区问题进行非正式干预的意愿。在本文中，我们研究了新冠疫情背景下正式控制与非正式控制的关系。基于对1595名澳大利亚人在新冠疫情封锁限制期间的调查样本，我们考察了警察效能、集体效能与当他人违反封锁限制时公众干预意愿之间的关系。我们发现，对警方应对新冠疫情危机效能的认知对公众在他人违反封锁限制时进行干预的意愿有积极影响。
