RT Article
T1 The police and the far right in Greece: a case study of police voting behaviour in Athens
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 66
IS 4
SP 397
OP 419
A1 Papanicolaou, Georgios 1973-
A2 Papageorgiou, Ioannis
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1853785458
AB The electoral advance of the far right party of Golden Dawn has left a clear mark on the Greek parliamentary elections of 2012. A less debated aspect of these results involves the extent of the electoral influence of Golden Dawn among police personnel. Using electoral data from two districts in Greece’s capital city, this paper explores the extent of that influence among major front line police units based in those localities. Our analysis obtains clear indications that Golden Dawn’s presence has been much more emphatic among police personnel than among the general public. These results warrant further exploration of this development, particularly in light of the possibility that far-right ideology may influence the character of everyday policing in Greece and the use of police discretion at the detriment of vulnerable or politically undesirable groups.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 416-419
K1 Democracy Party
K1 Electoral District
K1 Police Officer
K1 Police Unit
K1 Polling Station
DO 10.1007/s10611-016-9633-7