Nudging down theft from insecure vehicles. A pilot study

Roach, Jason; Weir, Kevin; Phillips, Paul S; Gaskell, Karen J.; Walton, Miles

doi:10.1177/1461355716677876

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“…However, for the former two reasons the police may wish to employ campaigns to increase their followers as the reasons attested in the present study would suggest the police may simply increase their followers by advertising the importance of their social media accounts. Furthermore, employing NUDGE psychology approaches that have been increasingly adopted and proven to be useful in policing contexts (Roach et al , 2016; Roach et al , 2019) might be a useful methodology for increasing social media followers. After all, by increasing the audience associated with police social media accounts allows for greater effectiveness in relation to the second objective of police social media use (Lee and McGovern, 2013) by communicating operational messages to a larger range of the community.…”

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confidence: 99%

Evidence based social media use: an exploratory UK investigation into residents’ perceptions of police Facebook use

Cartwright

Shaw

2020

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Purpose Social media is an integral part of modern society and is used by billions of people worldwide. In a policing context, police services are starting to use social media platforms to interact with their communities. However, academic literature is lagging regarding the effectiveness of police use of social media. The purpose of this study is to gather public perceptions regarding the police’s use of social media particularly the use of Facebook. Design/methodology/approach The study administered a cross sectional survey recruiting participants who are policed by one of the larger police services in England and Wales. A total of 294 respondents completed the survey providing their views on their police service’s use of social media. Findings The results of the present study provide overwhelming support for the police’s use of social media by the public, with most respondents actively following their local police service’s social media accounts. The study additionally provides a number of important findings in relation to the preferences of the public with regards to their police service’s use of Facebook. Practical implications The findings presented here provide police services with an insight into how to implement an evidenced-based approach to their social media activity. Originality/value The present study takes an alternative approach to understanding the effectiveness of police social media use by simply asking residents, an approach not used in this area of policing research to date.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Evidence based social media use: an exploratory UK investigation into residents’ perceptions of police Facebook use

Cartwright

Shaw

2020

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“…In order to prevent vehicle theft in Durham in the United Kingdom, Roach et al (2017) developed a leaflet campaign to nudge vehicle owners into locking their vehicle when leaving it unattended. Results showed that the number of thefts committed against insecure vehicles in the treatment areas was reduced significantly in comparison with the control areas where no nudges were implemented.…”

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Nudging as a crime prevention strategy: the use of nudges to improve cyclists’ locking behavior and reduce the opportunities for bicycle theft

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Ponnet

Reniers

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Secur J

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As policy makers are developing new alternative strategies to prevent bicycle theft, a nudging approach could provide useful insights in this field. In the current study, two different nudges were implemented at a selection of bicycle parking facilities in the neighborhood of a Belgian university campus. To measure the effectiveness of the nudges, a multi-method approach was used with a combination of observations (n = 3963) and questionnaires (n = 197). The results showed that both nudges had a positive impact on cyclists' locking behavior. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that nudging can be a rather cheap and easy way to improve secure behavior. However, concerns such as the limitations of increased awareness on behavior and the excessive focus on the victim need to be taken into account when implementing nudges in the field of security.

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“…In their pilot study attempting to reduce vehicle theft, Roach et al used leaflets, a nominal SCP approach, to "nudge" victims into securing their vehicles. 73 The "nudge" was not the presence of the leaflet itself, but their content, which intuitively encouraged recipients to make better choices. Despite their theoretical differences (such as "nudge" preserving the "freedom to offend" while SCP often aiming to physically prevent it), this example shows that the two theories can (and perhaps should more often) complement each other.…”

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The Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) in London: Countering Overseas Terrorist Financing and Support with “Nudge” and Situational Approaches

Akartuna

Thornton

2021

Terrorism and Political Violence

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Overseas diasporas have long been exploited by terrorist organisations seeking funding and support from areas beyond their operation. The Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), active in south-eastern Turkey, is no exception and maintains a significant international presence. This paper uses 73 survey responses and 13 interviews amongst London's Turkish and Kurdish diaspora to provide an original and comprehensive insight into the PKK's overseas operations, including their offending patterns, methods, hotspots, offender/victim profiles and existing countermeasures. Respondents were also consulted on new community-based prevention measures designed to address limited law enforcement responses and the laissez-faire approaches of diaspora host countries. This strategy, which combines crime science and behavioural economic theories, consists of Clarke's "Situational Crime Prevention" theory and Thaler and Sunstein's "Nudge" theory (SCP+N). The results indicate that the PKK creates criminal opportunities by "legitimising" itself across diasporas by invoking ideological sympathy and social dependence (conceptualised as "constructed legitimisers"), ensuring minimal resistance to its activities. SCP+N is motivated as an effective counterstrategy, addressing both the rational and impulsive nature of offending. The overall theoretical contribution of this paper is to assess overseas terrorist financing through a prevention-oriented, situational and behavioural framework, and to propose a community-based strategy to effectively counter such activities.

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Nudging down theft from insecure vehicles. A pilot study

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Evidence based social media use: an exploratory UK investigation into residents’ perceptions of police Facebook use

Evidence based social media use: an exploratory UK investigation into residents’ perceptions of police Facebook use

Nudging as a crime prevention strategy: the use of nudges to improve cyclists’ locking behavior and reduce the opportunities for bicycle theft

The Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) in London: Countering Overseas Terrorist Financing and Support with “Nudge” and Situational Approaches

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