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Just authority? : trust in the police in England and Wales / Jonathan Jackson. [etal.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--Wales.
- Police.
- Police--England.
- Police psychology--Wales.
- Police psychology.
- Police psychology--England.
- Police-community relations--Wales.
- Police-community relations.
- Police-community relations--England.
- England.
- Wales.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What does it mean to trust the police? What makes the police legitimate in the eyes of the policed? What builds trust, legitimacy and cooperation, and what undermines the bond between police and the public? These questions are central to current debates concerning the relationship between the British police and the public it serves. Yet, in the context of British policing they are seldom asked explicitly, still less examined in depth. Drawing on psychological and sociological explanatory paradigms, Just Authority? presents a cutting-edge empirical study into public tr
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Social and moral connections
- Design of the study
- Trends and trajectories
- 25 years of public confidence in the police
- 25 years of public contact with the police
- Why do people trust the police?
- What is trust?
- Mass media
- Social ecology
- One type of contact: being approached by the police
- A focus on a special population
- Another type of contact: reporting crime
- Why do people grant the police legitimacy?
- What is legitimacy?
- Procedural justice and contact with the police
- Why do people cooperate with the police?
- Cooperation and the portability of procedural justice
- Revisiting a special population
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-25443-9
- 1-283-70855-8
- 0-203-10561-3
- 1-136-25444-7
- 9780203105610
- OCLC:
- 817889398
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