Cooperating with the police as an act of social control: Trust and neighbourhood concerns as predictors of public assistance

Calling upon and assisting police officers are acts that link informal and formal mechanisms of social control. In this paper we draw upon data from a survey of seven London electoral wards to investigate some of the factors predicting public willingness to assist police. We find that such cooperati...

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Main Authors: Bradford, B, Jackson, J
Format: Journal article
Izdano: Universitetsforlaget 2016