Trust in police by Slovenian law and criminal justice and security students

Gorazd Meško (Author), Rok Hacin (Author), Katja Eman (Author)

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore criminal justice students’ and law students’ trust in the police and factors related to trusting the police. Design/Methods/Approach: The data were collected using a web-survey on a convenient sample of law students and criminal justice and security students. The data were analysed by descriptive and multivariate statistical methods. Findings: The findings imply that variables procedural justice, police effectiveness, police authority and legal cynicism have impact on trust in police. Furthermore, regression analysis shows that for law students the variables police authority, procedural justice, police effectiveness, distributive justice, deterrence and legal cynicism significantly predict trust in police. Regression analysis for criminal justice students implies that variables police authority, police effectiveness, and procedural justice significantly predict trust in police. Results of discriminant analysis imply that law students more positively respond on variables about life goals and moral credibility. Mean values of the variables police authority, trust in police, legal cynicism, and procedural justice by criminal justice students are higher than those by law students. Research Limitations / Implications: Due to the convenience sample (law students and criminal justice and security students), the results are not generalizable, but the results do provide insights into trust in the Slovenian police of potential future professionals in (criminal) justice system. Practical Implications: The results imply that the police should put more efforts in their relationship with students, especially in the fields of police authority, procedural justice, police effectiveness, distributive justice, deterrence and legal cynicism to improve the level of police justice and law students’ trust in the police. Originality/Value: The article presents the foundation for further research on student’s perception of trust in the police in Slovenia and includes several suggestions on how to improve their trust in police.

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2014
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FVV - Faculty of Criminal Justice
UDC:	351.74(497.4)
COBISS:	2924010
ISSN:	1580-0253
Parent publication:	Varstvoslovje
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Zaupanje v policijo pri slovenskih študentih prava in varstvoslovja
Secondary abstract:	Namen prispevka: Namen prispevka je raziskati zaupanje študentov varstvoslovja in prava v policijo in s tem povezane dejavnike. Metode: Podatke smo zbrali s pomočjo spletne ankete na priložnostnem vzorcu študentov prava in varstvoslovja. Podatke smo analizirali z uporabo opisnih in multivariatnih statističnih metod. Ugotovitve: Ugotovitve kažejo, da spremenljivke postopkovna pravičnost, učinkovitost policije, avtoriteta policije in pravni cinizem vplivajo na zaupanje v policijo. Poleg tega regresijska analiza kaže, da so pri študentih prava spremenljivke avtoriteta policije, postopkovna pravičnost, učinkovitost policije, distributivna pravičnost, odvračanje in pravni cinizem pomembne za napovedovanje zaupanja v policijo, za študente varstvoslovja pa to velja za spremenljivke avtoriteta policije, učinkovitost policije in postopkovna pravičnost. Rezultati diskriminantne analize kažejo, da študenti prava bolj pozitivno ocenjujejo življenjske cilje in moralno kredibilnost. Pri spremenljivkah avtoriteta policije, zaupanje v policijo, pravni cinizem in postopkovna pravičnost so povprečne vrednosti pri študentih varstvoslovja višje kot pri študentih prava. Omejitve/uporabnost raziskave Zaradi priložnostnega vzorca (študenti prava in varstvoslovja) rezultatov ni mogoče posploševati, vendar ti kljub temu zagotavljajo vpogled v zaupanje do slovenske policije med potencialnimi bodočimi strokovnjaki (kazensko)pravnega sistema. Praktična uporabnost: Izhajajoč iz študije ugotavljamo, da bi bilo treba povečati avtoriteto policije, postopkovno pravičnost, učinkovitost, distributivno pravičnost policije, zastraševalni učinek kazenskih sankcij in zmanjšati pravni cinizem. Izvirnost/pomembnost prispevka: Članek predstavlja izhodišče za nadaljnje raziskovanje dojemanja zaupanja v policijo pri študentih v Sloveniji in vključuje predloge, kako povečati zaupanje študentov v policijo.
Secondary keywords:	zaupanje v policijo;policija;pravo;kazensko pravosodje;varstvoslovje;študenti;Slovenija;
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 471-491
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ16
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ4
Chronology:	2014
ID:	11600623