TY - JOUR

T1 - Predicting citizens' support for surveillance cameras. Does police legitimacy matter?

AU - Gurinskaya, Anna

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020, © 2020 School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University.

PY - 2020/4/2

Y1 - 2020/4/2

N2 - The paper examines factors that shape citizens’ attitudes towards closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in public places. Using survey data from 570 university students from St.Petersburg (Russia), we show that the majority of young people approve the use of cameras for surveillance in public spaces. Findings suggest that males hold amore negative view towards cameras compared to females, while income, victimization status, and perceived level of disorder do not predict support for cameras. However, fear of crime, privacy considerations, and police legitimacy are all strongly related to cameras’ acceptance. Further, trust in the effectiveness of surveillance technology partially mediates the effect of these factors and predicts a higher level of acceptance. Findings have important implications for improving police-citizen relations and building a foundation for effective security coproduction in the new digital age.

AB - The paper examines factors that shape citizens’ attitudes towards closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in public places. Using survey data from 570 university students from St.Petersburg (Russia), we show that the majority of young people approve the use of cameras for surveillance in public spaces. Findings suggest that males hold amore negative view towards cameras compared to females, while income, victimization status, and perceived level of disorder do not predict support for cameras. However, fear of crime, privacy considerations, and police legitimacy are all strongly related to cameras’ acceptance. Further, trust in the effectiveness of surveillance technology partially mediates the effect of these factors and predicts a higher level of acceptance. Findings have important implications for improving police-citizen relations and building a foundation for effective security coproduction in the new digital age.

KW - CCTV

KW - russia

KW - police Legitimacy

KW - procedural justice

KW - right to privacy

KW - fear of victimisation

KW - SURVEILLANCE

KW - surveillance

UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01924036.2020.1744027

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083246237&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/01924036.2020.1744027

DO - 10.1080/01924036.2020.1744027

M3 - Article

VL - 44

SP - 63

EP - 83

JO - International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

JF - International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

SN - 0192-4036

IS - 1-2

ER -