RT Article
T1 “In police we trust?” - confidence in the police among adolescents with and without a migration background in Germany
JF European journal on criminal policy and research
VO 29
IS 2
SP 227
OP 246
A1 Krieg, Yvonne
A2 Lehmann, Lena 1981-
A2 Dreißigacker, Leonie
A2 Kliem, Sören
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1850508151
AB Overall, adolescents exhibit a high level of confidence in the police. Nevertheless, it is problematic when certain social groups show lower levels of confidence in the police as this can affect police legitimacy. Based on a representative survey of ninth-grade students in Lower Saxony (N = 12,444), conducted in 2019, the current study examines confidence in the police among adolescents with and without a migration background. As well as an examination of the correlation, the study analyses whether the lower rate of confidence in the police among adolescents with a migration background can potentially be explained by them being exposed to a greater share and burden of influencing factors which impact confidence in the police (e.g. police contact, involvement with delinquent peers and neighbourhood characteristics). It is shown that adolescents with a migration background exhibit lower levels of confidence in the police than adolescents without a migration background. Although the correlation decreases upon the inclusion of other factors that influence confidence in the police, this relationship cannot be fully explained by the fact that young people with a migration background are also more burdened by the other determinants. However, the strongest correlations with confidence in the police are found for affinity for violence, friendship with delinquent individuals, police contact, property offenders, fear of crime and incivilities.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 243-246
K1 Polizei
K1 Jugend
K1 Migration
K1 Confidence in the police
K1 Police trust
K1 Adolescents
K1 Germany
K1 Background
K1 Police Contact
K1 Deutschland
DO 10.1007/s10610-022-09525-7