A Comparison of Attitudes to the Police Between Greek Cypriots and Ethnic Minorities Living in Cyprus

Zalaf, Alexia; Wood, Jane L.

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“…Most literature demonstrates that younger people tend to be more critical of the police than older groups of people (Cao, 2001;Gannon, 2005;Friedman et al, 2004;Kusow et al, 1997;Leiber et al, 1998;Murdo, 1997;Murphy and Worrall, 1999;Taylor et al, 2001;Nofziger and Williams, 2005;Schafer et al, 2003;Weitzer and Tuch, 2002;Zalaf and Wood, 2005). Young people's attitudes toward the police have been found to be shaped by both individual characteristics and contextual variables.…”

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Adolescent attitudes toward the police in a western Canadian city

Chow

2011

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies &Amp; Management

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Purpose -The primary purpose of this paper is to examine attitudes toward the police in a sample of Canadian adolescents. Design/methodology/approach -Using survey data collected from 262 students attending 14 different high schools in a western Canadian city, the paper analyses adolescents' attitudes toward the local police. Criminal victimisation experience, police harassment or mistreatment experience, engagement in delinquent behaviour, and attitudes toward school among respondents were also explored. Findings -The results demonstrated that respondents were only marginally positive in their evaluations of the police. Multiple ordinary least-squares regression analysis demonstrated that respondents who were older and those who held more positive school attitudes, experienced no police mistreatment or harassment, reported no criminal victimisation, and exhibited lower propensity to engage in unlawful activities were found to rate the overall police performance significantly more favourably.Research limitations/implications -As this study reports data based on a non-random sample of high school students in one Canadian city, caution must be exercised in interpreting the results. Continued research attention should be devoted to high school student populations in other geographical locations. Practical implications -Survey findings underscore the importance of the implementation of programs to foster a positive relationship between the police and young people, the promotion of student engagement with school, and the adoption of intervention strategies to reduce delinquent behaviour among at-risk adolescents. Originality/value -As only very few studies have explored police-youth relations in Canada, this analysis offers insights into adolescents' perceptions of the police and factors contributing to their attitudes.

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Adolescent attitudes toward the police in a western Canadian city

Chow

2011

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies &Amp; Management

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“…In general, Cypriots do not report crimes and victimization to the authorities because they believe it would implicate them socially and personally (Hadjidemetriou 1995). Consistent are also the results of a victimization survey concluding that some victims in Cyprus did not report the crime to the police as they did not believe in the police's ability in clearing their case (Zalaf and Wood 2009). Therefore, since only the case of Cyprus is examined and no comparisons are made with other countries, the absolute crime figures are used instead of the rates of offences per 100,000 populations.…”

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MissionATINER is a World Non-Profit Association of Academics and Researchers based in Athens. ATINER is an independent Association with a Mission to become a forum where Academics and Researchers from all over the world can meet in Athens, exchange ideas on their research and discuss future developments in their disciplines, as well as engage with professionals from other fields. Athens was chosen because of its long history of academic gatherings, which go back thousands of years to Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. Both these historic places are within walking distance from ATINER"s downtown offices. Since antiquity,Athens was an open city. In the words of Pericles, Athens"…is open to the world, we never expel a foreigner from learning or seeing". ("Pericles" Funeral Oration", in Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War). It is ATINER"s mission to revive the glory of Ancient Athens by inviting the World Academic Community to the city, to learn from each other in an environment of freedom and respect for other people"s opinions and beliefs. After all, the free expression of one"s opinion formed the basis for the development of democracy, and Athens was its cradle. As it turned out, the Golden Age of Athens was in fact, the Golden Age of the Western Civilization. Education and (Re)searching for the "truth" are the pillars of any free (democratic) society. This is the reason why Education and Research are the two core words in ATINER"s name.

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Crime Assessment in Cyprus during the Period 2003-2013 and Identification of the Main Causes

Kokkinos¹

2019

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This paper explores crime rates in Cyprus during the period 2003-2013 and identifies the main factors causing crime tendencies. Criminal statistics, based on official police recorded data, show divergent trends, as a result of the several events taking place concerning the economy, the political and social life, not only in Cyprus but worldwide. Apart from the legislation changes and the introduction of new laws, these events are especially the opening of the crossing points in the UN-patrolled buffer zone separating the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus from the free areas of the Republic of Cyprus in 2003, the accession of Cyprus in the European Union in 2004 and the global economic crisis that appeared in 2009. Even though there are different tendencies for specific types of offences, in general recorded crime in Cyprus gradually increases reaching the peak in 2011. The patterns in crime reflected by the socioeconomic factors are a warning of the change of Cyprus' small society and a challenge to policy makers in the mission of crime prevention.

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A Comparison of Attitudes to the Police Between Greek Cypriots and Ethnic Minorities Living in Cyprus

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

Adolescent attitudes toward the police in a western Canadian city

Adolescent attitudes toward the police in a western Canadian city

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Crime Assessment in Cyprus during the Period 2003-2013 and Identification of the Main Causes

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