Public evaluations of police performance: an analysis across three levels of policing
- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- Published by Emerald in Policing: An International Journal
- Vol. 20 (2), 311-325
- https://doi.org/10.1108/13639519710169153
Abstract
Research focussing on US citizen attitudes of police has concentrated on city policing agencies, neglecting varying attitudes toward county and state police. Attempts to fill this void by testing the effects of individual and contextual variables on citizen evaluations and police performance across city, county and state levels using data collected from a state in the western USA. Finds differences in evaluations depending on age, gender, initiation of contact and previous experience. Discusses the implications of these results and suggests topics for further research.Keywords
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