State responsiveness and collective opposition to organised crime

A new research article published in the British Journal of Social Psychology examines the psychological processes associated with individuals’ intentions to oppose organised crime collectively. The article reports on a study involving more than 2,000 participants from eight countries. The findings reveal that perceived state responsiveness is associated with a stronger sense of collective community efficacy, which, in turn, is associated with stronger intentions to engage in collective action against organised crime. However, the study also found that state responsiveness is linked to a reduced perception of threat, through which there was some evidence of weaker collective action intentions.

The article was co-authored by the Secret Power project research team.