Assessing public support for expanded police powers in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: Testing the limits of Sunshine and Tyler's empowerment hypothesis

Richard K. Moule, Silas Patterson, George W. Burruss and Chae M. Jaynes

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024, vol. 90, issue C

Abstract: This study seeks to extend recent research on perceptions of “pandemic policing” by examining public support for the ability of police to surveil, quarantine, detain, and remove individuals from their homes, if suspected of exposure to or manifesting symptoms of the coronavirus. This study draws from extant research on public willingness to empower police, including common normative and instrumental explanations of empowerment. We also assess whether perceptions that governments exploit emergencies influence willingness to empower police.

Keywords: COVID-19; Empowerment; Legitimacy; Fear; Perceived government exploitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102151

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