Just authority? [electronic resource] : trust in the police in England and Wales / Jonathan Jackson ... [et al.].
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2013Description: xii, 244 p. : illISBN: 9780203105610 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Police -- Wales | Police -- England | Police psychology -- Wales | Police psychology -- England | Police-community relations -- Wales | Police-community relations -- EnglandGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.20942 LOC classification: HV8196.A2 | T78 2013Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Social and moral connections -- Design of the study -- Trends and trajectories -- 25 years of public confidence in the police -- 25 years of public contact with the police -- Why do people trust the police? -- What is trust? -- Mass media -- Social ecology -- One type of contact: being approached by the police -- A focus on a special population -- Another type of contact: reporting crime -- Why do people grant the police legitimacy? -- What is legitimacy? -- Social ecology -- Procedural justice and contact with the police -- Why do people cooperate with the police? -- Cooperation and the portability of procedural justice -- Revisiting a special population -- Conclusions.
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