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  • The formal-informal control nexus during COVID-19: What drives informal social control of social distancing restrictions during lockdown

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    Sargeant, Elise
    Murphy, Kristina
    McCarthy, Molly
    Williamson, Harley
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Sargeant, Elise B.
    Murphy, Kristina
    McCarthy, Molly M.
    Williamson, Harley M.
    Year published
    2021
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    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 ...
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    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.
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    Journal Title
    Crime & Delinquency
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128721991824
    Copyright Statement
    Sargeant, E; Murphy, K; McCarthy, M; Williamson, H, The formal-informal control nexus during COVID-19: What drives informal social control of social distancing restrictions during lockdown, Crime & Delinquency, 2021. Copyright YEAR The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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    This publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
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    Criminology
    Police Administration, Procedures and Practice
    Law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/402082
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