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DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic changes in many facet
 s of social life\, including the police. Prior research finds that certain
  changes in police organizations brought on by the pandemic were relativel
 y ubiquitous across counties (e.g.\, wider spread use of personal protecti
 ve equipment). However\, other changes brought on by the pandemic (e.g.\, 
 changing staffing\, time off use\, and workload) seemed more idiosyncratic
 . Further research attempted to explain these differences by looking at in
 dicators of the strength of the pandemic. The results showed little to no 
 relationship between the pandemic and many organizational changes in polic
 ing—and even some that were contraindicated. This begs the question: wha
 t factors could potentially explain this variation? One factor may be rela
 ted to the quality of the governance\, history of democratic government\, 
 and cultural traditions of the country. Given the distinct histories of co
 untries in Eastern and Western Europe during the past 100 years\, the Euro
 pean continent may be the perfect place to examine this question. Although
  countries in Eastern Europe have been under repressive communist governme
 nts for over five decades\, most countries in Western Europe have largely 
 been free from the direct effects of repressive governments. Although comm
 unism in Europe fell over 30 years ago\, it is likely that the effects per
 sist in countries in transition. Recent research shows quite distinct atti
 tudes between citizens of Eastern and Western European counties on major s
 ocial issues and views of the role of government. This paper directly comp
 ares the changes in police organizations in seven established democracies 
 (i.e.\, Western European countries) with those in eight countries in trans
 ition (i.e.\, Eastern European counties). Additionally\, we also compare c
 hanges in police organizations in adjacent countries. The implications and
  findings are discussed in light of how these factors may have influenced 
 the differences in how police agencies in these countries responded to the
  pandemic.
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LOCATION:Featured Presentations
SUMMARY:A European Perspective on Police Organizational Changes during the 
 COVID-19 Pandemic - Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich\, Peter Neyroud\, Jon Maskaly
URL:https://conference.cepol.europa.eu/cepol-online-conference-2021/talk/39
 VRUM/
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