RT Article
T1 Absolute and relative support among citizen-voters for local law enforcement agencies: Correlates with selected dimensions of political ideology
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 10
IS 2
SP 140
OP 162
A1 Brown, Jesse C.
LA English
YR 1986
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764205588
AB During the last twenty years numerous studies have been published regarding public support for local law enforcement agencies. These studies have typically focused on three determinants of support-the social status of the citizen, citizen fear or actual victimization of crime, and the nature or frequency of citizen-police contacts. This somewhat exploratory research evaluates the impact of political ideology upon citizen support for law enforcement agencies. The thrust of the investigation builds upon much more limited considerations of ideology in earlier studies. An assessment and comparison of support according to absolute/diffuse measures and relative/specific measures of citizen-voter support are presented. Political ideology is defined in the context of contemporary liberal-conservative perspectives and operationalized according to nominal (self-identification) and issue-oriented techniques.
K1 Local Government Service
K1 Citizen Attitude
K1 Police Agency
K1 Political Ideology
K1 Criminal Justice
DO 10.1007/BF02887467