How perceptions and personal contact matter: The individual-level determinants of trust in police in Hungary

In established democracies perceptions about police effectiveness and procedural fairness are the main individual-level determinants of trust in police. However, very little is known about whether this is also the case in different circumstances. By analysing trust in police in Hungary, in an East C...

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Authors: Boda, Zsolt 1969- (Author) ; Medve-Bálint, Gergő (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Policing and society
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 7, Pages: 732-749
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
individual perceptions
Police Contact
trust in the police
Hungary

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