Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does not
Many police forces operate a policy of high visibility in disordered neighbourhoods with high crime. However, little is known about whether increased police presence influences people’s beliefs about a neighbourhood’s social environment or their fear of crime. Three experimental studies compared peo...
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| description | Many police forces operate a policy of high visibility in disordered neighbourhoods with high crime. However, little is known about whether increased police presence influences people’s beliefs about a neighbourhood’s social environment or their fear of crime. Three experimental studies compared people’s perceptions of social capital and fear of crime in disordered and ordered neighbourhoods, either with a police presence or no police presence. In all studies, neighbourhood disorder lowered perceptions of social capital, resulting in a higher fear of crime. Police presence or absence had no significant effect. The pervasive effects of disorder above other environmental cues are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2be6919da13b472fac94168e2f2d295b2023-12-03T11:10:24ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592014-03-012e28710.7717/peerj.287287Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does notJessica Hill0Thomas V. Pollet1Daniel Nettle2The Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Social and Organizational Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsInstitute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UKMany police forces operate a policy of high visibility in disordered neighbourhoods with high crime. However, little is known about whether increased police presence influences people’s beliefs about a neighbourhood’s social environment or their fear of crime. Three experimental studies compared people’s perceptions of social capital and fear of crime in disordered and ordered neighbourhoods, either with a police presence or no police presence. In all studies, neighbourhood disorder lowered perceptions of social capital, resulting in a higher fear of crime. Police presence or absence had no significant effect. The pervasive effects of disorder above other environmental cues are discussed.https://peerj.com/articles/287.pdfSocial capitalPolice visibilityDisorderFear of crime |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Hill Thomas V. Pollet Daniel Nettle Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does not PeerJ Social capital Police visibility Disorder Fear of crime |
| title | Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does not |
| title_full | Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does not |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does not |
| title_short | Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does not |
| title_sort | disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood police presence does not |
| topic | Social capital Police visibility Disorder Fear of crime |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/287.pdf |
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