Trusting the Police: Comparisons across Eastern and Western Europe

Staubli, Silvia

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“…However, there was considerable skepticism of the level of such activity. This may be linked to the strong trust in public authorities traditionally reported in Finnish society (see Staubli 2017 for example): There is a strong belief that if something bad happens, emergency service organizations will come to the rescue in any and all situations. This also reflects the well-known free-rider problem of public goods (see Salamon 1987).…”

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Co-Creating Safety and Security?: Analyzing the Multifaceted Field of Co-Creation in Finland

Raisio

Puustinen

Valtonen³

2021

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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Complexity is said to be on the rise in the security environment and co-creation has been proposed as one of the ways to respond to this situation. Through co-creation, complexity is addressed by a plurality of actors and actions, instead of by any single authority or recipe. Such an approach is the main premise of the Finnish Concept for Comprehensive Security. This article seeks to answer the question of how co-creation occurs as part of societal safety and security functions in Finland and what kind of challenges and problems are involved therein. The focus of the article is on the regional and local levels of action and on the public-sector/civil-society interface. The data informing this study are 31 small-group discussions that took place in so-called security cafés. This article uses the modified ladder of safety and security co-creation derived from previous research to provide its analytical framework. The ladder of co-creation proved to be a useful analytical tool to address the phenomenon and to illustrate the multifaceted and context-dependent nature of safety and security co-creation. Results indicate that at present co-creation within the safety and security functions in Finland seems to focus more on action-oriented co-production. Citizens as volunteers participate in the functions of producing safety and security, but talk-centered, planning-oriented co-creation seems to be less common. The data also provide clear indications of the darker sides of co-creation. Co-creation may be symbolic and tokenistic in that it remains at a rhetorical level. The data also offer examples of co-contamination (the lowest level of the ladder of co-creation). These examples were related to the roles of spontaneous volunteers and emergent citizen groups.

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Co-Creating Safety and Security?: Analyzing the Multifaceted Field of Co-Creation in Finland

Raisio

Puustinen

Valtonen³

2021

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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“…6.7; ESS Statistics Netherlands, 2019). Further disparities can be observed between victims and nonvictims, with victims having a lower trust in the police as compared to nonvictims (Staubli, 2017). It is important to note that negative experiences with the police by victims lead to a reduction in their trust, while, conversely, the police can gain trustworthiness in the eyes of victims by treating them correctly (Staubli, 2017).…”

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“…Further disparities can be observed between victims and nonvictims, with victims having a lower trust in the police as compared to nonvictims (Staubli, 2017). It is important to note that negative experiences with the police by victims lead to a reduction in their trust, while, conversely, the police can gain trustworthiness in the eyes of victims by treating them correctly (Staubli, 2017). Although slowly increasing, trust in institutions and the police is still generally low in Hungary (Boda & Medve-Bálint, 2014;Bodor & Gru ¨nhut, 2015) and trust in others is among the lowest in the EU (Bodor & Gru ¨nhut, 2015;Eurostat, 2015).…”

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Beyond Obstacles: Toward Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Hungary. A Literature Review

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Robinson

Kohlmann

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Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Alarmed by research that reveals Hungary as having one of the lowest reporting rates in cases of sexual violence in Europe, this article provides an overview of the research that explains why, historically, sexual violence has been and continues to be underreported all over the globe, from law enforcement and criminal justice perspective. Furthermore, we describe the unique circumstances that might influence Hungarian victims of sexual violence to make formal reports. Among other possible factors, we discuss rape myth acceptance, victim blaming, feminist activism, institutional betrayal, and media representations of rape. In an effort to provide insight into Hungarian gender politics, this article raises salient theoretical works on gender ideology and gender policy in contemporary Hungary. This article concludes with a discussion on what implications such research in Hungary may have on a global understanding of sexual violence reporting.

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“…Institutional approaches deal with a rather general form of trust, studies within the policing field focusing more on concrete attitudes, such as satisfaction with the treatment received by the police [48]. Trust is a state of mind that goes beyond tangible experience and deals with specific individuals occupying specific social roles [18].…”

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“…Institutional trust is closely linked to individual trust which is an elementary part of social life. Individual trust influences people's opinion of the performance of governmental institutions [48]. Police legitimacy is essential to the ability of police to operate effectively in any given community and community trust or public trust is a key element of that legitimacy.…”

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Public Trust and Service Delivery in the National Police Service, Nairobi County, Kenya

Ogola¹,

Kungu²,

Nassiuma³

2021

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Globally most countries have experienced totalitarian governments that have given the police forces a bad reputation hence, are in the process of reforming their service to enhance public trust. This study evaluated the effects of public trust on service delivery in the National Police Service (NPS) in Nairobi County, Kenya. It was anchored on the motive-based theory which involves inferences about motives and intentions of the police and reflects the concept of fiduciary trust. A pragmatic research philosophy that supports the simultaneous use of qualitative and quantitative methods of inquiry to generate evidence was adapted. An evaluation research design was used in the study. The study targeted 2100 police officers out of which a sample of 215 police officers was selected randomly. In addition, a corresponding number of 105 members were purposely selected. Questionnaires and a key informant interview guide were used to collect primary data. Qualitative data were thematically analyzed while quantitative data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The majority of the respondents were males aged between 26-35 years. The majority (62%) of the respondent police officers were not sure if there is a decrease in complaints against police officers. The majority (94%) of the respondents' members of the public did not have trust in the police service hence, cannot report cases of crime owing to fear of victimization. These aspects may have affected the implementation of police reforms as a result of the lack of a strong community partnership in crime prevention and police accessibility. Reforms have not improved the relationship between the community and the police officers given that human rights abuses and corruption are still prevalent among the officers resulting in a lack of public trust. The study concludes that public trust in the police service is very low, this could hamper service delivery. The study recommends full implementation of career guidelines on promotion, retraining police officers on human rights and emerging security threats, and police officers wearing body and dash cameras for accountability and transparency to build public trust.

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Trusting the Police: Comparisons across Eastern and Western Europe

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Co-Creating Safety and Security?: Analyzing the Multifaceted Field of Co-Creation in Finland

Co-Creating Safety and Security?: Analyzing the Multifaceted Field of Co-Creation in Finland

Beyond Obstacles: Toward Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Hungary. A Literature Review

Public Trust and Service Delivery in the National Police Service, Nairobi County, Kenya

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