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British Journal of Criminology 2007 47(2):214-233; doi:10.1093/bjc/azl031
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The British Journal of Criminology 47:214-233 (2007)
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Public Confidence in Policing

A Neo-Durkheimian Perspective

Jonathan Jackson and Jason Sunshine*

* Jonathan Jackson, London School of Economics; Jason Sunshine, New York University. Address for correspondence: Dr Jonathan Jackson, Methodology Institute, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK; j.p.jackson{at}lse.ac.uk.

Public confidence in policing has received much attention in recent years, but few studies outside of the United States have examined the sociological and social–psychological processes that underpin trust and support. This study, conducted in a rural English location, finds that trust and confidence in the police are shaped not by sentiments about risk and crime, but by evaluations of the values and morals that underpin community life. Furthermore, to garner public confidence, the police must be seen first to typify group morals and values and second to treat the public with dignity and fairness. All these findings are consistent with the perspective that people are Durkheimian in their attitudes towards crime, policing and punishment—a perspective developed here in this paper.


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