A Comparative Exploration of Perceived Community and Police Adherence to COVID-19 Regulations
Based on an early 2020s survey of 3,500 police officers from nine countries, this paper explores perceived community and police adherence to the COVID-19 regulations. We propose that both public and police perceived adherence with the COVID-19 rules are related not only to individual-level factors (e.g., gender, concern for own health) but also to country-level factors (e.g., quality of governance, protection of citizens' rights). Our findings reveal that individual-level factors, such as the concerns for personal and family health, were strong and consistent predictors of perceived community and police adherence. While misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with the perceived community adherence, it was not related to the perceived police adherence. Moreover, country-level factors, such as the stringency of COVID-19 rules and regulations and the protection of citizens' rights, were also significantly related to both perceived community and police adherence.
Authors
- Kaja Prislan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-7122)
- Leandro Ayres França (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7826-4079)
- Sanja Kutnjak Ivković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0709-5404)
- Jon Maskály
- Ivan Y. Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5679-196X)
- Yuning Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2699-4790)
- Alrien Francisco Dausan
- Yang Vincent Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7063-8737)
- Kuang-Ming Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4071-8530)
- Marijana Kotlaja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7869-2076)
- Adri Sauerman
- Peter Neyroud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3628-4899)
- Krunoslav Borovec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1236-9182)
- Branko Lobnikar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-0907)
- Irena Cajner Mraović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1811-3452)
- Sandra Kobajica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7373-3200)
- John Roch
Institutions
- University of Sarajevo (BA)
- Metropolitan Police Service (GB)
- University of Zagreb (HR)
- Wayne State University (US)
- Ming Chuan University (TW)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- University of North Dakota (US)
- University of Maribor (SI)
- Research ICT Africa (ZA)
- Ministry of the Interior (HR)
- University of Reading (GB)
- De La Salle University – Dasmariñas (PH)
- University of Delaware (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624x251366679
- Primary Topic
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00