Citizen Orientations Toward State and Non‐State Policing

In contemporary Western societies, policing has become associated with the state although this practice is of recent origin and by no means universal. Even within post‐industrial states, non‐state forms of policing exist and may be a rediscovered source of social control. A survey of subway riders in New York City provides information about citizen dispositions toward policing by state and non‐state sources. It was found that respondents are substantially more supportive of a self designated citizen anti‐crime organization, the Guardian Angels, than they are of the New York City Transit Police although a sizable number of respondents support both sources of policing. Differential assessment is related to perception of crime trends, the degrees to which respondents believe bystanders will intervene on their behalf in the event of a crime, fear of victimization and the reported likelihood that respondents will intervene. Such findings are useful in addressing general theoretical issues respecting the basis for support of state and non‐state policing and their relative role in social control

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