Trusting the Police: Comparisons across Eastern and Western Europe

by Silvia Staubli

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783837637823
Publication date:	03/27/2017
Series:	Culture and Social Practice
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Silvia Staubli (Phd), born 1979, is a sociologist and criminologist. She is a senior researcher at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, at the division of Sociology, Social Policy, and Social Work. Her research covers the fields of criminal sociology, social problems and deviance, institutions of formal sociol control - especially the police, social capital and research methods.

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