Citizens’ attitudes toward legal authorities in Brazil: Examining the impact of crime, insecurity, and corruption

Boateng, Francis D.; Dzordzormenyoh, Michael K.; Cavalcante, Damara

doi:10.1177/26338076221122939

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“…The first limitation deals with the desirability bias associated with using secondary data. According to Boateng et al (2022), desirability bias can affect the overall results and is beyond the control of researchers. Therefore, readers are cautioned against extrapolating the results beyond the scope of this study.…”

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Predictors of citizens' trust in public leadership in Ghana: a comparison between the president, MPs and MMDCEs

Dzordzormenyoh

2023

IJPL

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PurposeThis study was designed to assess the predictors of citizens' trust in public leaders in Ghana. Specifically, it assesses the effect of eight trust variables—competence/ability, integrity, communication, benevolence, political/quality of governance, rational/economic, risk-taking and socio-demographic characteristics—on citizens' trust in public leaders—the president, members of parliament (MPs) and metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs)—in Ghana from 2016 to 2018.Design/methodology/approachSummary statistics, bivariate correlation and binary logistic regression were employed to analyze 2,400 responses of Ghanaians obtained from the Afro-Barometer round seven surveys on Ghana (2016–2018).FindingsThe results reveal that competence/ability, that is to say, the performance of the president, MPs and MMDCEs, influence citizens' trust in these leaders. Furthermore, communication, benevolence, rationality, risk-taking and socio-demographic variables were significant predictors of citizens' trust in the president. Likewise, competence/ability, communication, politics, benevolence and socio-demographic variables were predictors of citizens' trust in MPs. Additionally, competence/ability, communication, integrity, politics, benevolence and socio-demographic variables influence citizens' trust in MMDCEs. In short, the rationality and risk-taking variables only influence trust in the president, while the political variables influence trust in MPs and MMDCEs. However, integrity influences trust in MMDCEs. Future studies can investigate the factors that account for these differences to augment the current literature.Originality/valueThis article is unique because it examines and compares citizens' trust in three categories of public leaders—the president, MPs and MMDCEs—in Ghana using nationally representative data.

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Predictors of citizens' trust in public leadership in Ghana: a comparison between the president, MPs and MMDCEs

Dzordzormenyoh

2023

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Why should we trust our public leaders in Africa? A comparative analysis between 2019 and 2021

Dzordzormenyoh

2024

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PurposeThis study investigates the factors that influence citizens trust in public leaders [i.e. presidents, members of parliament (MPs) and local government leaders (LGs)] in 34 countries in Africa between 2019 and 2021.Design/methodology/approachIndividual-level data with a sample size of 48,084 was obtained from the Afro-Barometer round 8 survey only and analyzed using multivariate binary logistic regression.FindingsSeveral important and intriguing observations were made from this analysis: (1) the performance of public leaders influences citizens trust in their leaders; (2) the perceived corruption of public leaders and civil servants and the level of corruption influence citizens trust in public leaders; (3) perceived neighborhood problems (i.e. fear of violence, fear of terrorism and service delivery) influence citizens trust in their public leaders and (4) the socio-demographic characteristics of citizens (i.e. age, religion, education, location, employment and political party affiliation) influence citizens trust in their public leaders.Originality/valueThis study is exceptional in two ways: (1) it examines and compares citizens trust in public leaders across different levels, i.e. presidents, MPs and LGs in Africa and (2) it examines and compares the factors influencing citizens trust in public leaders in Africa comparatively.

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Emergency policing and public trust in the police in Ghana: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

Dzordzormenyoh,

Dogbey-Gakpetor

2024

PIJPSM

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PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic provides researchers and practitioners with an opportunity to examine the effect of emergency policing on public trust in the police and augment our understanding. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to examine the effect of police enforcement of COVID-19 health measures on public trust in the police in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachA multivariate binary logistic regression was utilized to assess the effect of police enforcement of COVID-19 health measures on public trust in the police in Ghana using national representative data.FindingsOur analysis suggests that emergency policing positively influences public trust in the police in Ghana. Additionally, we observed that police-related issues such as corruption and professionalism, as well as demographic factors of the public, influence trust in the police. These observations are helpful for emergency policing and policy development in Ghana.Originality/valueThis study is unique because it uses national representative data to assess the effect of police enforcement of COVID-19 health measures on public trust in the police in Ghana. Furthermore, this study is among the first or among the few from Ghana and the sub-region to examine the nexus between health emergencies and policing.

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Citizens’ attitudes toward legal authorities in Brazil: Examining the impact of crime, insecurity, and corruption

Cited by 3 publications

References 49 publications

Predictors of citizens' trust in public leadership in Ghana: a comparison between the president, MPs and MMDCEs

Predictors of citizens' trust in public leadership in Ghana: a comparison between the president, MPs and MMDCEs

Why should we trust our public leaders in Africa? A comparative analysis between 2019 and 2021

Emergency policing and public trust in the police in Ghana: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

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