RT Article
T1 Police Officers’ Preferences for Enforcing COVID-19 Regulatory Violations: The Impact of Organizational Support, Psychological Conditions, and Public Compliance
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 71
IS 2
SP 522
OP 543
A1 Sun, Ivan Y.
A2 Wu, Yuning
A2 Shen, Shan
A2 Kutnjak Ivkovich, Sanja
A2 Maskály, Jon
A2 Neyroud, Peter
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1913564541
AB The coronavirus has stirred a wave of studies on policing the pandemic. Nonetheless, officers’ intentions to enforce COVID-related rules and regulations remain under-researched. Drawing upon survey data from 600 police officers in a major Chinese city, this study explores the associations between organizational support, behavioral and psychological conditions, and perceived public compliance and officers’ willingness to intervene in rule violations. Organizational support in providing supervisory instructions, training, and PPE increased the likelihood of officers issuing tickets, whereas minimizing COVID-19 risks to officers reduced the probability of officers not taking any action against rule violations. Officers who perceive community residents as compliant with pandemic regulations are less likely to take no action or use more punitive sanctions of ticket/fine and detention/arrest.
K1 public compliance
K1 Organizational Support
K1 regulatory violations
K1 Chinese policing
K1 Covid-19
DO 10.1177/00111287231155923