RT Article
T1 Public Confidence in Policing : A Neo-Durkheimian Perspective
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 47
IS 2
SP 214
OP 233
A1 Jackson, Jonathan 1974-
A2 Sunshine, Jason
LA English
YR 2007
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639314407
AB Public confidence in policing has received much attention in recent years, but few studies outside of the United States have examined the sociological and social-psychological processes that underpin trust and support. This study, conducted in a rural English location, finds that trust and confidence in the police are shaped not by sentiments about risk and crime, but by evaluations of the values and morals that underpin community life. Furthermore, to garner public confidence, the police must be seen first to typify group morals and values and second to treat the public with dignity and fairness. All these findings are consistent with the perspective that people are Durkheimian in their attitudes towards crime, policing and punishment - a perspective developed here in this paper