Trust in the police, generalized trust and reporting crime

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-81

  Kääriäinen, Juha ^a   Sirén, Reino ^b  

^a Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

crime reporting; generalized trust; property crimes; trust in the police; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650783811     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370810376562     Document Type: Article

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