RT Article
T1 Did the COVID-19 pandemic make the police work more difficult?
JF Policing during the COVID-19 pandemic
SP 410
OP 431
A1 Kutnjak Ivković, Sanja 1965-
A2 Kotlaja, Marijana
A2 Liu, Yang Vincent
A2 Sun, Ivan Y.
A2 Cajner Mraović, Irena
A2 Neyroud, Peter
A2 Wu, Yuning
A2 Borovec, Krunoslav
A2 Prislan Mihelič, Kaja
A2 Dausan, Alrien Francisco
A2 Kobajica, Sandra
A2 Maskály, Jon
A2 Lobnikar, Branko
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1925489922
AB This chapter explores the police officer views about whether their work has become more difficult during the pandemic. Based on the survey of patrol officers in six countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, the Philippines, Slovenia, the United States), we analyze their assessments of work difficulty and tease out the factors related to their assessments, both the factors that could make their work easier (e.g., fewer calls for service, fewer arrests for minor crimes) and the factors that could make their work more difficult (e.g., fear of being infected with COVID-19, use of personal protective equipment, police agency effectiveness in dealing with the pandemic, level of cooperation from the community). Our multivariate models reveal that the lack of enthusiasm for work, higher levels of stress, being married, and not evaluating positively the police agency’s efforts in dealing with the pandemic are all related to the perceptions that the job has become more difficult during the pandemic. We note strong country effects on the perceptions of job difficulty.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 427-431
SN 9781032457352