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[US & CA territories version]. |
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1 online resource (379 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Intro; Preface; Table of Contents; Tables and figures; Part I Introduction and theories; 1 Introduction and research questions; 1.1 Trust and the police as representatives of societal order; 1.2 Gaps in our knowledge; 1.3 Research questions; 1.4 Outline of the study; 2 Central concepts; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Trust and confidence; 2.3 Legitimacy; 2.4 Other notions; 3 An introduction to the three theoretical perspectives; 3.1 Understanding trust in the police; 3.2 Three paradigms of thinking about trust and trust-building; 3.2.1 Proto-trust-building: Professional policing |
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3.3 The emergence of proximity policing approaches3.4 Instrumentalism; 3.5 Procedural justice theory and fair treatment; 3.6 Concluding remarks; Part II Public trust in the police; 4 Research design and hypotheses; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The problem of measurement equivalence; 4.2.1 The researcher: Translation and understanding; 4.2.2 The police: Function, structure, and culture; 4.2.3 The public: Expectations and fears; 4.2.4 Measurement equivalence in previous research; 4.2.5 Testing for measurement equivalence in the present study |
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4.3 Perspectives on differences and developments in trust in different countries4.3.1 Understanding change; 4.3.2 The desacralization thesis; 4.3.3 The safety utopia thesis; 4.3.4 The post-authoritarian paradox thesis; 4.3.5 The socioeconomic crisis problem; 4.4 Perspectives on explaining differences between countries; 4.4.1 Proximity policing; 4.4.2 Instrumentalism; 4.4.3 Procedural justice; 4.4.4 Other determinants and control variables; 4.4.5 An explanatory model of trust in the police; 4.5 Concluding remarks; 5 Describing developments in trust in the police in Europe from 1981 until 2014 |
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5.1 Data and measurements: The European Values Study and the European Social Survey5.1.1 The European Values Study (EVS); 5.1.2 The European Social Survey (ESS); 5.2 The measurement equivalence of the ESS and EVS: Main findings; 5.2.1 Multi-group structural equation modeling; 5.2.2 Longitudinal measurement equivalence of the EVS, 1981-2008; 5.2.3 Longitudinal measurement equivalence of the ESS, 2002-2014; 5.2.4 Cross-national measurement equivalence of the ESS, 2010; 5.3 Describing developments in trust in different countries; 5.3.1 Long-term developments: The EVS |
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5.3.2 Medium-term developments: The ESS5.3.3 Intermezzo: Trends in trust in the police compared to other institutions; 5.4 Conclusions; 6 Explaining differences in trust in the police between European countries; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Differences in levels of trust between countries in 2010; 6.3 Operationalization; 6.4 Explaining trust in the police in 2010; 6.4.1 National-level determinants; 6.4.2 Individual-level determinants; 6.5 Intermediary variables; 6.5.1 Proximity policing: Prevention of crime; 6.5.2 Instrumentalism: Catching burglars and rapid response |
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6.5.3 Procedural justice: Accepting bribes and the procedural justice scale |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Police -- Europe.
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Police. |
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Europe. |
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Police-community relations -- Europe.
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Police-community relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Police. |
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Print version: Schaap, Dorian. Police, the Public and the Pursuit of Trust : A Cross-National, Dynamic Study of Trust in the Police and Police Trust-Building Strategies. Portland : Eleven International Publishing, ©2018 9789462368453 |
| ISBN |
9462748500 |
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9789462748507 (electronic book) |
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