Police Legitimacy in Taiwan and Policing COVID-19

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1093/police/paac107

Shih-ya Kuo, Kuang-Ming Chang, F. Huang, Yi Li

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Abstract

To tackle the spread of COVID-19 since its outbreak in January 2020, the police have been given additional powers in Taiwan. Studies have consistently revealed that police legitimacy, the belief that the police are trustworthy and allowed to exercise their authority to maintain order, is the main factor determining whether people are willing to cooperate with the police and comply with laws. This paper explores police legitimacy in Taiwan in terms of whether it exists and whether the Taiwanese police have built or damaged their legitimacy during the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the relevant literature, historical events, public opinion survey results, and official crime data, we find that police legitimacy existed before and has continued to exist during the pandemic in Taiwan.

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台湾警察合法性与新冠肺炎警务

为了应对新冠肺炎自2020年1月爆发以来的传播，台湾警方被赋予了额外的权力。研究一直表明，警察的合法性，即相信警察是值得信赖的，并被允许行使其权力来维持秩序，是决定人们是否愿意与警察合作并遵守法律的主要因素。本文探讨了台湾警察合法性是否存在，以及在新冠肺炎疫情带来的前所未有的挑战中，台湾警察是否建立或损害了其合法性。利用相关文献、历史事件、民意调查结果和官方犯罪数据，我们发现台湾的警察合法性在疫情之前就存在，并在疫情期间继续存在。

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Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

11.10%

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期刊介绍： Policing: a Journal of Policy and Practice is a leading policy and practice publication aimed at connecting law enforcement leaders, police researchers, analysts and policy makers, this peer-reviewed journal will contain critical analysis and commentary on a wide range of topics including current law enforcement policies, police reform, political and legal developments, training and education, patrol and investigative operations, accountability, comparative police practices, and human and civil rights. The journal has an international readership and author base. It draws on examples of good practice from around the world and examines current academic research, assessing how that research can be applied both strategically and at ground level. The journal is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services: Criminal Justice Abstracts, Emerging Sources Citation Index, The Standard Periodical Directory.