PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICE

Empirical analyses of the causes of public confidence in policing have been based almost entirely on cross-sectional survey data, with a consequent focus on between-group differences in levels of confidence at a single point in time. Our aim here is to introduce a time dimension to this area of inve...

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Published in:British journal of criminology 2012-07, Vol.52 (4), p.744-764
Main Authors: Sindall, Katy, Sturgis, Patrick, Jennings, Will
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crime
Crime Rates
Investigations (Law Enforcement)
Police
Policing
Property
Public Support
Social Cohesion
Social Control
United Kingdom
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Summary:Empirical analyses of the causes of public confidence in policing have been based almost entirely on cross-sectional survey data, with a consequent focus on between-group differences in levels of confidence at a single point in time. Our aim here is to introduce a time dimension to this area of investigation. Employing repeated cross-sectional survey data from the British Crime Survey, we apply time-series regression methods to show how confidence in policing changes over time for the aggregate population. Counter to cross-sectional findings, time-series analyses reveal that confidence in the police is not related to aggregate worry about crime and perceptions of social cohesion, nor informal social control, but only to perceptions of crime and the property crime rate. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0007-0955
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azs010