Preventing crises in the midst of a global pandemic: responsiveness, participation and equity in policing and public health partnerships during COVID-19

Menichelli, Francesca

doi:10.1080/10439463.2021.1923711

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“…Few COVID-19-related studies engage empirically with the intersection of policing and public health work (Aborisade, 2021; Deckert et al, 2021; McCarthy et al, 2021; Menichelli, 2021). In the NZ context, only one study has addressed the matter, identifying the key public and private agents that primarily policed the lockdown and the means they used to do so (Deckert et al 2021).…”

Section: Pandemic Policing and Trust In Policementioning

confidence: 99%

“It Has Totally Changed How I Think About the Police”: COVID-19 and the Mis/Trust of Pandemic Policing in Aotearoa New Zealand

Deckert,

Long,

Aikman

et al. 2023

Criminal Justice Review

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In the initial phase of COVID-19, Aotearoa New Zealand was internationally praised for its pandemic response that included lockdowns to control the spread and work toward elimination. Community compliance with control measures was thus essential when pursuing elimination as a policy. Using a mixed-methods approach, we sought to explore whether New Zealand Police (NZP) were trusted to police the lockdown rules at Levels 4 and 3. We analyzed 1,020 survey responses comparing trust among respondents who had been stopped by NZP over the lockdown rules (contacts) with those who had not (non-contacts). We found that both contacts and non-contacts expressed greater trust in NZP to enforce the Level 4 than the Level 3 rules; contacts expressed less trust in NZP to enforce the lockdown rules than non-contacts; contacts perceived NZP more heavy-handed than non-contacts; contacts perceived NZP as only somewhat procedurally just and feeling somewhat encouraged to comply with the lockdown rules and; that unexpected high-profile policing-related events during the survey only affected contacts’ trust significantly. We offer two explanations: (1) NZP were perceived as procedurally unjust or inconsistent in applying the lockdown rules, (2) members of the public and NZP learned the lockdown rules simultaneously. We caution that the unfamiliar character of pandemic policing may jeopardize trust in NZP even among segments of the population that typically express high levels of trust in NZP, that is, people of European descent. We conclude that community compliance with pandemic control measures is no matter to be dealt with by the criminal legal system.

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Section: Pandemic Policing and Trust In Policementioning

confidence: 99%

“It Has Totally Changed How I Think About the Police”: COVID-19 and the Mis/Trust of Pandemic Policing in Aotearoa New Zealand

Deckert,

Long,

Aikman

et al. 2023

Criminal Justice Review

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“…For example, in the United States, empirical research has shown that Black and Hispanic individuals were likelier to be the target of police interventions for public health orders (Dunbar & Jones, 2021; Gibbons et al, 2021; Kajeepeta et al, 2022). Similarly, the pandemic and resulting policing environment could have made life harder for other vulnerable populations like sex workers, the homeless, persons living with mental health issues, and injection drug users regarding their ability to seek help or avoid contact with the police under the auspices of public health orders (Lam, 2020; Menichelli, 2021; Trappen & McLean, 2021).…”

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Public Perceptions of the Police During COVID-19: A Cross-National Analysis

Chenane,

Horning,

Perry

et al. 2023

Criminal Justice Review

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Using cross-national data collected during the pandemic, this study examines factors influencing public willingness to obey and cooperate with police during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data for the study were garnered using web-based surveys, which yielded about 500 participants from the U.S., India, Brazil, Kenya, and several European countries. OLS results revealed that police legitimacy remains a crucial predictor of public willingness to obey and cooperate with the police. However, fears experienced during the pandemic failed to directly predict public's obligation to obey the police and their willingness to cooperate with the police. Interestingly, fear had an indirect effect on the relationship between police legitimacy and the obligation to obey and cooperate with the police. Conceptualizations of police legitimacy should continue to be tested, alternative versions of surveying without the limitations of COVID-19 should be undertaken, and attempts to understand more local environments should be made.

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Preventing crises in the midst of a global pandemic: responsiveness, participation and equity in policing and public health partnerships during COVID-19

Cited by 2 publications

References 42 publications

“It Has Totally Changed How I Think About the Police”: COVID-19 and the Mis/Trust of Pandemic Policing in Aotearoa New Zealand

“It Has Totally Changed How I Think About the Police”: COVID-19 and the Mis/Trust of Pandemic Policing in Aotearoa New Zealand

Public Perceptions of the Police During COVID-19: A Cross-National Analysis

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