'Giving the right service to different people': revisiting police legitimacy in the Covid-19 era

S Charman, G Newiss, P Smith, R Inkpen… - Policing and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The suspension of certain civil liberties and the extension of police powers to combat the
spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has provoked concerns about the longer-term implications …

Pandemic policing and community engagement: Preparedness, legitimacy and public support during the COVID-19 crisis in Nigeria

RA Aborisade, OA Adeleke - Criminal justice review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study brings to the fore, insights into three key factors that had been widely noted to
play significant roles in driving effective pandemic policing. These are the preparedness of …

Policing emergencies and police–community relations: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel

G Perry, T Jonathan-Zamir, R Factor - Crime and Social Control in …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose–Emergency situations are known to have significant effects on public attitudes
toward the police. However, little is known about these effects over prolonged periods of …

Identifying challenges to critical incident decision-making through a macro-, meso-, and micro-lens: A systematic synthesis and holistic narrative analysis

B May, R Milne, A Shawyer, A Meenaghan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
It is predicted that emergency responses to critical incidents will increase over the next few
decades, as society faces unique and dynamic challenges (eg, pandemics, migrant crises …

[HTML][HTML] 'We were the Guinea pigs': Police uncertainty enforcing coronavirus regulations in the UK.

C De Camargo - International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 2023 - Elsevier
The regulations introduced under the UK's Coronavirus Act 2020 to help curb the spread of
COVID-19 caused considerable confusion due to conflation between what was regarded as …

Transitioning from pandemic to normalcy: what police departments can learn from the rank-and-file

JE Gaub, MC Koen, S Davis - Policing: An International Journal, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose After more than 18 months of life during a pandemic, much of the world is
beginning to transition back to some semblance of normalcy. As that happens, institutions …

From Easter eggs to anti-Police sentiment: Maintaining a balance in policing during the three pandemic lockdowns in England and Wales

J Fleming, J Brown - Administrative Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The three lockdown periods across 2020–2021 due to COVID-19 had significant
consequences for police. Pandemic lockdown experiences were explored based on online …

Examining the effects of the killing of George Floyd by police in the United States on attitudes of Black Londoners: a replication

A Nivette, C Nägel, E Gilbert - Police practice and research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
High-profile incidents of police misconduct can have serious consequences for public trust
in the police. A recent study in the British Journal of Political Science found that Eric Garner's …

An exploratory study on manifesting decision-inertia in a 360-degree extended reality terrorist incident

B May, R Milne, G Dalton, A Meenaghan… - Cognition, Technology & …, 2024 - Springer
Emergency response decision making is crucial in managing critical incidents; however,
several studies have demonstrated the negative effects of decision inertia. Understanding …

Ethical perspectives and police science: Using Social Contract Theory as an analytical framework for evaluating police legitimacy

T Jonathan-Zamir, G Perry… - Policing: A Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
It has recently been argued that ethical/moral considerations could be better integrated into
the science of policing. The present study picks up the gauntlet and examines if a central …