Assessing police–community relationships: is there a gap in perceptions between police officers and residents?
| Autor: | Maja Modic, Gorazd Meško, Mahesh K. Nalla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Sociology and Political Science
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Cornerstone Public relations Democracy Social order Community support Perception General partnership 050501 criminology Survey data collection 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Community policing Sociology business Law 050104 developmental & child psychology 0505 law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Policing and Society. 28:271-290 |
| ISSN: | 1477-2728 1043-9463 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10439463.2016.1147564 |
| Popis: | The notion that community residents are key players responsible for the well-being of the larger society has become a cornerstone of approaches to modern policing in democratic societies. That is, residents partner with police to help maintain social order. An essential element of successful implementation of any programme is communication and understanding between various parties in the partnership. In this paper, we examine whether there is congruence between police officers and residents in how they perceive their relationships on various dimensions of police–community relations. These dimensions include residents’ respect for police and their willingness to cooperate in various community-policing activities. Using survey data collected in 2011 from a larger project with a national sample of 581 Slovenian police officers and 959 residents, we analyse both groups’ perceptions of community support of and willingness to partner with police officers. Results show that, on the one hand, residents ap... |
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