Public support for vigilantism, confidence in police and police responsiveness

Policing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 224-241

  Haas, Nicole E ^a,b   de Keijser, Jan W ^c   Bruinsma, Gerben J N ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Universidad de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

confidence in police; crime; police responsiveness; public opinion; vigilantism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893263456     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.784298     Document Type: Article

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