Comparing Motivations for Including Enforcement in US COVID-19 State Executive Orders

Curley, Cali; Harrison, Nicky; Federman, Peter Stanley

doi:10.1080/13876988.2021.1880871

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“…Specifically, arrests for these violations were higher in areas with greater levels of poverty and minority populations, suggesting trends in differential enforcement. Alternatively, some states had clear enforcement guidelines but were up against police resistance to such enforcement, which again may shape public relationships between law enforcement and the perceived legitimacy of law enforcement, when the police themselves are not following or enforcing the guidelines (Curley et al ., 2021).…”

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Masking up and the role of the police

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Snyder

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PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic placed many challenges on policing, from limiting officers' ability to interact with citizens to enforcing regulations to prevent the spread of the virus. One of those regulations, and the focus of the current study, is mask mandates.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of over 550 US adults recruited on Amazon MTurk, the current study examines factors that may influence citizen attitudes toward the police's role in mask enforcement, with a specific focus on perceptions of the police, political leanings, and views about COVID-19 and mask-wearing.FindingsThe authors find that when respondents believed COVID-19 was serious and a major public health threat, they were more likely to believe the police should enforce masks, regardless of attitudes about the police, political party affiliation or other demographics.Originality/valueThe enforcement of public health mandates, such as mask wearing, often result in arguments related to the infringement of rights and questions about the overall legality of enforcement. This often puts law enforcement in a difficult position regarding how such mandates should be enforced and whether it is the responsibility of the police. Additional policy implications are discussed.

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“…Policy signals produce shared understandings, norms, and identities. In the case of COVID-19, the emergence of state COVID-19 policies may have signaled the public health risk of the pandemic (Curley et al, 2021), highlighting its' seriousness and legitimizing voluntary action.…”

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The Political Embeddedness of Voluntary Action: The Case of Local Philanthropic COVID-19 Relief Funds

Paarlberg

LePere-Schloop

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Administration & Society

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Scholars and policymakers have long been interested in the complex relationships between political institutions and voluntary collective action. However, the reciprocal nature of their relationships complicates empirical analysis: voluntary action supports democratic institutions and political institutions enable voluntary action. This article examines the relationship between political institutions and the activation of local voluntary action in the context of COVID-19 funds managed by community philanthropic organizations. We find that political engagement, policy signaling, and political competition all support the emergence of a COVID-19 fund. The findings advance our understanding of the significant role that political institutions play in activating voluntary action.

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“…Some other research showed that leader gender does not influence political communication. For example, one study found no significant difference between male and female governors' enforcement language in executive order responses during COVID‐19 (Curley et al, 2021 ). Another cross‐national study found that leader gender did not influence the timing of implementing COVID‐19 containment policies such as stay‐at‐home orders and schools closure (Aldrich & Lotito, 2020 ).…”

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Risk governance during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A quantitative content analysis of governors' narratives on twitter

Zahry

McCluskey

Ling

2022

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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The current study addresses the communication aspect of risk governance during the COVID‐19 pandemic by examining whether governors' tweets differ by political party, gender and crisis phase. Drawing on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Crisis Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) model and framing literature, we examined the salience of five CERC's communication objectives, namely acknowledge crisis with empathy, promote protective actions, describe preparedness/response efforts, address rumours and misunderstanding and segment audience. Using a deductive and inductive approach, we analysed 7000 Twitter messages sent by the 50 US state governors during the period of 13 March 2020 to 17 August 2020. Our findings suggest that governors' tweets aligned with CERC's communication objectives to a varying degree. We found main and interaction effects of political party, gender and crisis phase on governors' communication objectives. New emergent communication objectives included attention to mental health, call for social influencers and promoting hope. Implications are discussed.

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Comparing Motivations for Including Enforcement in US COVID-19 State Executive Orders

Cited by 12 publications

References 45 publications

Masking up and the role of the police

Masking up and the role of the police

The Political Embeddedness of Voluntary Action: The Case of Local Philanthropic COVID-19 Relief Funds

Risk governance during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A quantitative content analysis of governors' narratives on twitter

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