Police response to crime: The perceptions of victims from two polish cities

Mawby, Rob; Ostrihanska, Zofia; Wójcik, Dobrochna

doi:10.1080/10439463.1997.9964776

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“…The post-1989 transformation period was a time of significant reorganization of many Polish public institutions, including the police forces. The meaning of policing at this time underwent significant adjustments, but there was a dearth of research documenting and explaining these transformations (Mawby et al 1997). To the advantage of my research, the post-1989 transformations did not go unnoticed in my participants' narratives.…”

Section: The Transformation Periodmentioning

confidence: 83%

Exploring Lay People’s Views on The Polish Police

Matczak¹

2017

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The Polish police have come a long way in transforming from highly politicised state policing that functioned under socialism (1949-1989), to that of a service to the public. The aim of this paper is to examine the views on Polish police and contextualise them within a broader, sociological framework by way of presenting selected findings from my doctoral research. My participants' opinions on the police formed a chronologically-constructed picture, which shed light on the pre-and post-1989 policing in Poland and corroborated Ian Loader's argument that there is a reciprocal relationship between lay people and the police/quality of policing, and that views on the police remain an avenue by which lay people of a given society share stories about themselves. In this article I argue that lay views on the Polish Police are embedded in a wider perception of the "world that they have lost", post-socialism nostalgia, remembering of the post-1989 transformation processes and constant comparison with the perception of Western standards in police work. The views also serve as an avenue to look into the notion of the Polish legal culture.

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Section: The Transformation Periodmentioning

confidence: 83%

Exploring Lay People’s Views on The Polish Police

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2017

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“…The second explanation is more plausible. The authors found no evidence in Miskolc or Prague of some of the police procedures that were criticised by victims in Poland (for example, the practice ofremoving door locks for forensic analysis), and police response times were greater in Poland (Mawby et al, 1997). It is thus plausible that some of the differences in public perceptions reflect differences in police practices between Poland on the one hand and Hungary and the Czech Republic on the other.…”

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Police Response to Burglary: Victims' Perceptions in Prague

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Brabcová

Koubová

2002

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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Police structures and everyday practices inCentral and Eastern Europe have changed dramatically in recent years, but changes have varied both in terms if the countries involved and in terms if the particular feature if the police system under review. This paper focuses on one dty, Prague, and considers the ways in which the police deal withcrime victims, sped.fically victims ifburglary. The findings are compared with an earlier study in Poland, Hungary, Germany and England. The police are the main agency with which burglary victims are involved, and the service they provide is important, not least because clear-up rates are low. It was, thereiore, reassuring tofind that victims were generally positive about the way the police dealt with their cases. This is very different from the situation in Poland, where victims were far more critical. However, those victims who were most qffected or worried about crime were least positive, suggesting that there is a link between perceptions if police work and perceptions if the crime situation. A comparison between the Czech Republic and Poland also suggests that relatively minor changes to police practices may improve victims' experiences and thereby theirevaluation ifpolice work.

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“…Indeed only 9.5% said they received sufficient help and support. Interestingly, while the relationship between victim assistance programmes' provisions and victims' needs has been considered, suggesting a mismatch between the two (Davis et al, 1999;Mawby and Simmonds, 2009), we are unaware of any wider research on service shortfalls. In our survey, large minorities said that they needed more support from the police and hotel staff/holiday reps., and from friends and family, both those on vacation with them and those back home.…”

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The impact of crime on tourists and the need for greater support for tourist victims

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Mawby

2022

International Review of Victimology

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This article presents the first research to address the impact of crime on citizens who suffer crime during a vacation. Based on a small sample of US residents victimised while visiting five different countries, and drawn from a crowdsourcing platform, it is, essentially exploratory. However, the findings suggest that tourist victims are severely affected by their experiences and that this impacts their feelings about revisiting the country where the offence occurred. Most victims reported receiving support from both formal and informal sources, but at the same time most said they would have appreciated more support. While more research is needed to build on this study, the findings do underline the need for a greater focus on both crime reduction and harm minimisation.

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Police response to crime: The perceptions of victims from two polish cities

Cited by 11 publications

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Exploring Lay People’s Views on The Polish Police

Exploring Lay People’s Views on The Polish Police

Police Response to Burglary: Victims' Perceptions in Prague

The impact of crime on tourists and the need for greater support for tourist victims

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