Public Attitudes toward Auxiliary Police in China: a Preliminary Investigation

Sun, Ivan Y.; Wu, Yuning; Hu, Rong

doi:10.1007/s11417-020-09333-0

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“…Finally, this study focuses on the occupational experiences of auxiliary officers, a critically important but socially and professionally disadvantaged group in Chinese policing (see further discussion in the review section). China's auxiliary officers are much larger in size compared to those of other countries and play a much more active role in enforcing COVID-19-related countermeasures (Sun et al, 2021b). By assessing how COVID-19 has influenced these frontline workers' professional and private lives, this study fills the gaps in the literature regarding the organizational and psychological correlates of auxiliary police officers' experiences during the pandemic and offers policy and practice recommendations for improving these officers' experiences in future crises.…”

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Perceived COVID-19 impacts on auxiliary police in China

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assesses whether supervisor justice is linked to COVID-19 negative and positive impacts directly and indirectly through the mechanisms of stress and resiliency among auxiliary police in China.Design/methodology/approachThis study utilized survey data from more than 300 auxiliary police in a large Chinese provincial capital city in 2020. Structural equation modeling was conducted to analyze the direct and indirect relationships between supervisor justice and COIVD-19 impacts.FindingsResults indicate that supervisor justice connects to COVID-19 negative impacts indirectly through stress. Supervisor justice is also indirectly related to positive impact through resiliency.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings' generalizability is limited due to using a nonrandom sample of officers. Officers' emotional states in the forms of stress and resiliency are important in mediating the association between supervisory justice and COVID-19 impacts.Originality/valueThe present study represents one of the first attempts to empirically investigate the occupational experiences of a vital group of frontline workers in Chinese policing. This study also generates evidence to support the importance of officers' emotional conditions in reducing negative COVID-19 impacts in an authoritarian country.

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Rails and responsibilities: Perspectives of railroad police officers in China

2024

Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice

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In policing practices, railway policing has an essential role to ensure the public security of extensive railway network. However, limited attention has been given to understanding the perspectives of police officers involved in this specialized field. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring the perspectives of railway police officers. Through in-depth interviews with 31 railway police officers from different regions, this research examines their experiences, challenges, and perceptions regarding their roles and responsibilities. The findings reveal that conflicts of interest within the railway police department pose potential risks to its internal cohesion. These officers used different strategies for response to violent attacks in ordinary and high-speed trains, highlighted instances of avoidance of duties due to internal conflicts, suggesting deficiencies in the evaluation mechanism employed. This study not only contributes to our understanding of railway policing in China but also provides insights for global railway policing and criminal investigation coordination.

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COVID-19 impacts and mental health of auxiliary police: the moderating role of supervisor procedural justice

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Han

2024

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 impacts and auxiliary police officers’ mental health as well as the moderating role of supervisor procedural justice.Design/methodology/approachBased on the role theory and a police officer survey from China, this quantitative study investigates the relationship between COVID-19 impacts and mental health status among auxiliary police, a rarely examined police type. We also examine the moderating role of supervisor procedural justice.FindingsAuxiliary police officers reported both negative and positive impacts from COVID-19, while the negative impacts were mainly in the work domain, but the positive impacts were primarily in the life area. OLS regression results indicate that negative impacts, especially work-related negative impacts, are significantly related to depression and anxiety, and supervisor procedural justice moderates the relationship between positive impacts and depression and anxiety.Originality/valueFirstly, we adopted the role theory to examine how public health emergencies affect police officers in their work and life domains. Secondly, we advance the organizational justice literature by assessing whether supervisor procedural justice can moderate the relationship between COVID-19 impacts and their mental health. Thirdly, this research extends the literature on depression and anxiety of auxiliary police officers in China, who attracted less attention in current literature and policies.

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Public Attitudes toward Auxiliary Police in China: a Preliminary Investigation

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Perceived COVID-19 impacts on auxiliary police in China

Perceived COVID-19 impacts on auxiliary police in China

Rails and responsibilities: Perspectives of railroad police officers in China

COVID-19 impacts and mental health of auxiliary police: the moderating role of supervisor procedural justice

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