RT Article
T1 Trust and Confidence in Media and Criminal Justice Institutions
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 63
IS 12
SP 2213
OP 2233
A1 Boateng, Francis D.
A2 Kaiser, Kimberly A.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1675708622
AB In every society, the main purpose of the criminal justice system is to maintain social order and ensure that citizens comply with the law. To do this effectively, the police and court systems need citizen cooperation and obedience, and willingness to assist with criminal investigations and report crimes to the police. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between confidence in the media and confidence in the criminal justice institutions in South Africa. The study tests two objectives: to assess South Africans' level of confidence in the police and courts, and to determine whether citizens' levels of confidence in both the print and televised media will influence their levels of confidence in the police, courts, and in the criminal justice system in general. Utilizing data from the World Values Survey, results reveal a significant and positive relationship between confidence in the media and confidence in the criminal justice institutions. Policy implications of this observation are discussed.
K1 Media
K1 Confidence
K1 Criminal justice system
K1 Police
K1 Court
K1 South Africa
DO 10.1177/0306624X19845784