Abstract

Despite a growing body of research examining the psychological effects of terrorist incidents, there remains comparatively little empirical assessment of their impacts on citizens’ worry about further attacks, perceptions of the police or social cohesion. Drawing on interviews with nearly 100,000 London residents, we find higher levels of worry following most domestic attacks. Improvements in overall ratings of the police are tempered by more negative assessments of their ability to handle future threats. We also find that far-right incidents are less closely linked to changes in public ratings of the police and concerns about future attacks compared to Islamic terror attacks. Effects on social cohesion are less predictable. We find reductions in cohesion following some attacks but increases following others.

中文翻译：

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恐怖事件对公众对未来袭击的担忧，警方的看法和社会凝聚力的影响

摘要

尽管有越来越多的研究调查恐怖事件的心理影响，但对恐怖事件对公民担心进一步袭击，对警察或社会凝聚力的担忧的影响的经验评估仍然相对较少。通过对近100,000名伦敦居民的采访，我们发现大多数家庭袭击后人们的忧虑程度更高。通过对警察应对未来威胁的能力进行更负面的评估，可以改善警察的整体评价。我们还发现，与伊斯兰恐怖袭击相比，极右事件与警方的公共评级变化和对未来袭击的担忧没有那么紧密的联系。对社会凝聚力的影响难以预测。我们发现某些攻击后内聚力降低，而另一些攻击后内聚力提高。