Crime, policing and social order: On the expressive nature of public confidence in policing

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 493-521

  Jackson, Jonathan ^a   Bradford, Ben ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community efficacy; Disorder; Fear of crime; Legitimacy; Policing; Public confidence in policing; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CRIME; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

ATTITUDE; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 69249097813     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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