Towards Confucian communalism: a match made in heaven?

Kallio, Jyrki

doi:10.1007/s40636-016-0057-y

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“…The positive connection between collective efficacy and cooperation with the police reaffirms the importance of informal social control in supporting formal social control (Warner, 2007) and the value of integrating informal and formal social control in dealing with problems of crime (Sampson, 1986; Weisburd, Groff, and Yang, 2014). While group values and collective interests may be universally relevant in shaping people's behaviors, they may be particularly powerful in China, a country that underscores a culture of communalism and a mass‐line model of policing (Kallio, 2016; Sun and Wu, 2010).…”

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Cooperation with Police in China: Surveillance Cameras, Neighborhood Efficacy and Policing

Sun

2020

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective. Given the paucity of research on Chinese cooperation with the police and the underdevelopment of knowledge on the influence of surveillance videos on such cooperation, this study investigates the interplay of surveillance cameras and neighborhood collective efficacy, police fairness, and police effectiveness in shaping public willingness to cooperate with the police. Methods. Relying on face-to-face survey interview data collected from 751 residents in a southern city in China, this study used Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis to examine the key correlates of Chinese willingness to cooperate with the police. Results. The results reveal positive influences of video surveillance, collective efficacy, police fairness, and police effectiveness on cooperative desires. Notably, the cooperation-promoting effect of surveillance cameras is most profound among people who live in neighborhoods with high levels of collective efficacy and people who perceive low levels of police fairness. Conclusion. These findings affirm that formal and informal social control interlock in determining the public's cooperative willingness, and reiterate the need for testing theoretical interactions. They also help us understand the underlying reasons that may explain the public's reliance on video surveillance to make their decisions about helping the police in the context of China.

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Cooperation with Police in China: Surveillance Cameras, Neighborhood Efficacy and Policing

Sun

2020

Social Science Quarterly

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“…China represents a suitable setting to explore such connections in that traditional mass-line policing and the more recent community policing strategies in China emphasize the mobilization and participation of the general public in crime prevention (Sun and Wu, 2010). Deeply influenced by the culture of communalism (Kallio, 2016), Chinese people are strongly expected to be involved in community affairs and contribute to the common goods. Indeed, the responsibility of the citizens is integral to the strong fabrics of social control in China (Chen, 2002).…”

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Neighborhood context, police legitimacy and willingness to help the police in Shanghai, China

Liu

Sun

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PurposeFollowing social disorganization theory and the process-based model of policing, the present study aims to examine how characteristics of communities are meaningful in shaping citizens' willingness to work with the police in urban China.Design/methodology/approachBased on survey data from Shanghai, China, the study adopts a generalized hierarchical linear modeling (GHLM) approach to examine the effects of both individual- and neighborhood-level predictors on the outcome, while taking into consideration the unobserved additional neighborhood-level variations.FindingsResults suggest potential need of the process-based model to be modified in a Chinese context in that while police presence matters, measures on legitimacy are nonsignificant in shaping willingness to help the police, after controlling for neighborhood characteristics. More importantly, collective efficacy at the neighborhood level is related positively to residents' willingness to work with the police. Constant attention should be paid to the promotion of a collaborative and collectively caring environment, which can contribute to better coordination with the police, and greater willingness to be part of the larger cause of public safety.Originality/valueThe paper advances the scholarship with multi-level modeling and the role of communities in building stronger relationship with the police.

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Towards Confucian communalism: a match made in heaven?

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Cooperation with Police in China: Surveillance Cameras, Neighborhood Efficacy and Policing

Cooperation with Police in China: Surveillance Cameras, Neighborhood Efficacy and Policing

Neighborhood context, police legitimacy and willingness to help the police in Shanghai, China

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