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Trusting the police : comparisons across Eastern and Western Europe /

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 unde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staubli, Silvia (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2017]
Series:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
Subjects:
Police > Europe, Eastern > Public opinion.
Police > Europe, Western > Public opinion.
Police administration > Europe, Eastern.
Police administration > Europe, Western.
Police social work > Europe, Eastern.
Police social work > Europe, Western.
Crime prevention surveys > Europe, Eastern.
Crime prevention surveys > Europe, Western.
Police > Travail social > Europe de l'Est.
Police > Travail social > Europe de l'Ouest.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
Sociology.
Political Science / History & Theory.
Crime prevention surveys.
Police administration.
Police > Public opinion.
Police social work.
Eastern Europe.
Western Europe.
Police
Political Science
Political Sociology
Politics
Procedural Justice
Social Trust
Society
Sociology
Trust
Victimization
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Theoretical considerations and state of research
  • Methodology
  • European perspective : East, West, and Switzerland compared
  • The perception of crime victims
  • Discussion.