Collective action can be a crucial tool for enabling individuals to combat crime in their communities. In this research, we investigated individuals' intentions to mobilize against organized crime, a particularly impactful form of crime characterized by its exercises of power over territories and communities. We focused on individuals' views and perceptions of state authorities, examining how these views may be linked to intentions for collective mobilization. Using a large dataset with participants from eight countries (NTotal = 2088), we tested two distinct and opposing indirect paths through which perceived state responsiveness may be associated with collective mobilization intentions against organized crime, namely increased collective community efficacy (a Catalyst Indirect Effect) and diminished perceived threat from criminal groups (a Complacency Indirect Effects). Results showed that state responsiveness was associated with stronger collective action intentions through increased collective community efficacy. There was also some evidence of reduced collective action intentions through diminished perceived threat. These findings highlight the complex role of state responsiveness in predicting people's intentions to mobilize against collective problems in their communities. Implications of the findings, limitations and future directions are discussed.

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国家响应能力、集体效能和威胁感知：8 个国家反对犯罪的催化剂和自满效应


集体行动可以成为使个人能够打击其社区犯罪的重要工具。在这项研究中，我们调查了个人动员起来反对有组织犯罪的意图，有组织犯罪是一种特别有影响力的犯罪形式，其特征是对其领土和社区行使权力。我们重点关注个人对国家当局的看法和看法，研究这些观点如何与集体动员的意图相关联。使用来自 8 个国家/地区 （NTotal = 2088） 参与者的大型数据集，我们测试了两种截然不同且相反的间接路径，通过这些路径，感知到的国家响应可能与打击有组织犯罪的集体动员意图相关联，即提高集体社区效能（催化剂间接效应）和减少来自犯罪集团的感知威胁（自满间接效应）。结果表明，通过提高集体社区效能，状态响应性与更强的集体行动意图相关。还有一些证据表明，通过减少感知到的威胁，集体行动的意图会降低。这些发现突出了国家响应在预测人们动员起来应对社区集体问题的意图方面的复杂作用。讨论了研究结果的意义、局限性和未来方向。