Trusting the police : : comparisons across Eastern and Western Europe / / Silvia Staubli.

• Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• VerfasserIn: Staubli, Silvia,
• Author: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Kultur und soziale Praxis.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 pages).

The police can be seen as a governmental institution or as an organizational body, where especially the work - effectiveness, or fairness in encounters - is valued. Through the combination of these approaches and the inclusion of social trust and criminal victimization, Silvia Staubli offers an understanding beyond existing literature on institutional trust and procedural fairness. Moreover, due to analyses for Eastern and Western Europe, she addresses experts from sociology, political science, criminology, and social anthropology equally. Beyond, the study offers an insight to the public on how public opinions towards institutions are shaped.

»Eine Studie, die wichtig auch für die polizeiliche Aus- und Fortbildung ist, aber auch für die Polizeiführung, die ihre Mitarbeiter immer wieder daran erinnern sollte, dass Vertrauen nicht etwas ist, das immer automatisch vorhanden ist, sondern etwas, das beständig gesichert und hergestellt werden muss.« Thomas Feltes, Polizei-Newsletter, 5 (2017)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 1 Table of Contents 5 Preface 9 Abstract 11 Figures 13 Tables 15 Introduction 19 Theoretical considerations and state of research 25 Methodology 73 European perspective: East, West, and Switzerland compared 89 The perception of crime victims 141 Discussion 151 References 175 Appendices 189