Immigrants’ confidence in police: do country-level characteristics matter?

Piatkowska, Sylwia J.

doi:10.1080/01924036.2014.900509

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“…This result meets our expectation and implies the need for community-based policing which is customized to the immigrants in their communities by helping them interact with a diverse population in the neighborhood. However, discriminatory culture showed an inverse relationship compared with our expectation, as well as findings from previous studies (Piatkowska, 2015;R€ oder & Mu¨hlau, 2011). Immigrants residing in more discriminatory nations were more likely to demonstrate higher levels of confidence in the police in our analysis.…”

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“…Also, with high confidence and trust in the police, immigrants may be more likely to develop greater involvement in the culture of the destination nation and therefore be more willing to participate in addressing community problems (see also President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, 2015). Success in this area may help to pave the way for an easier and ultimately more successful integration into the destination society (Piatkowska, 2015). Thus, identifying determinants of confidence in the police for immigrant populations may help guide police to not only improve policing strategies specific to immigrant communities (language, culture, etc.)…”

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“…Belief in the law, legal system, and its actors are critical for a safe and just society (Tyler, 1990). Thus, police can play a pivotal role in helping immigrants adapt to their destination country (Piatkowska, 2015).…”

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Immigrants’ Confidence in the Police in 34 Countries: A Multilevel Analysis

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This study examines predictors of immigrants’ confidence in the police at the individual and national levels, based on the instrumental and expressive frameworks. Using the World Value Survey, the study analyzes data from 5,746 immigrants across 34 nations. Generalized multilevel mixed-effects models are utilized to test the effects of individual-level attributes and national-level structural indicators. Immigrants with a citizenship of the resident nation report higher confidence in the police. Neighborhood security, neighborhood trust, and perceived community membership influence immigrants’ confidence in the police. The national-level indicators, including diversity of the nation’s population and discriminatory culture, were significantly related to confidence in the police. In a society with a variety of nationalities and a more discriminatory culture, immigrants report more confidence in the police. Ensuring neighborhood security and improving social capital, such as institutional trust, are important for building confidence in the police.

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Immigrants’ Confidence in the Police in 34 Countries: A Multilevel Analysis

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“…By contrast, other research suggests a negative association. Piatkowska (2015) used data from the World Values Survey to show that, across 50 countries, first generation immigrants had slightly lower levels of confidence in the police than non--immigrants, while Davis and Mateu--Gelabert (2000) found that immigrants in New York were more critical of police than their non--immigrant counterparts.…”

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A Leap of Faith? Trust in the Police Among Immigrants in England and Wales

Bradford¹,

Sargeant²,

Murphy³

et al. 2015

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It is often assumed that immigrants in countries such as the UK will report lower levels of trust in the police. Immigrant communities are thought 'difficult to police', and minority groups frequently experience problematic relationships with police. Yet, there has been little empirical investigation of this issue in the UK. In this paper data from the Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW) are used to explore the relationship between immigration and trust in the police. Results suggest that trust is higher among immigrants than among the UK-born population, although there is important variation by time since arrival and experience of policing. Trust in the police is also higher in neighbourhoods that have more immigrants. The paper concludes with some reflection on the nature of trust in the police.

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“…Likewise, in Belgium, Van Craen (2012) revealed that Turkish and Moroccan immigrants were particularly critical of police; negative perceptions about unfair treatment and unfair decision-making of police were reported, and immigrants viewed a great deal of inequality in the way police dealt with immigrants versus non-immigrants. Wortley and Owusu-Bempah (2009) found that immigrants and minority groups in Canada also felt disadvantaged and prejudiced against by the criminal justice system (see also Piatkowska, 2015). In a recent study, Bradford et al.…”

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Policing immigrants: Using a randomized control trial of procedural justice policing to promote trust and cooperation

Murphy

Mazerolle

2016

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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Immigrants are often less trusting of police than non-immigrants because they can feel illserved by police and the laws they enforce. Procedural justice policing has been regarded as central to improving public trust and confidence in police. Using survey data from citizens exposed to the world's first randomized field trial of procedural justice policing (Queensland Community Engagement Trial), we found that trust in police, but not willingness to report crime to police, was higher among those exposed to the procedural justice condition compared to the control condition. Interestingly, the effect of procedural justice on trust and crime reporting was moderated by age and immigrant status; procedural justice had a more positive effect for immigrants, particularly those younger than 26 years of age.

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Immigrants’ confidence in police: do country-level characteristics matter?

Cited by 23 publications

References 74 publications

Immigrants’ Confidence in the Police in 34 Countries: A Multilevel Analysis

Immigrants’ Confidence in the Police in 34 Countries: A Multilevel Analysis

A Leap of Faith? Trust in the Police Among Immigrants in England and Wales

Policing immigrants: Using a randomized control trial of procedural justice policing to promote trust and cooperation

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