Inside and outside views of the Croatian police

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ID6193115
AuthorsBarbara Prprović (Croatian Red Cross, Zagreb, Croatia), Nikolina Nemec (City of Ludbreg, Ludbreg, Croatia), Sanja Kutnjak Ivković (0000-0003-0709-5404, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, corresponding author), Irena Cajner Mraović (0000-0003-1811-3452, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia), Kruno Borovec (Croatian Ministry of the Interior, Zagreb, Croatia)
Year2022
Volume46
Issue3
Pages295-312
Publication date2022-07-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-4036 • E-ISSN: 2157-6475
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01924036.2020.1866048
OpenAlexW3119506684
LanguageEN
References cited22

This paper explores public views about police integrity and contrasts them with the police views about police integrity. It also compares citizen and police officer views about the police. A modified version of the police integrity survey, containing 14 hypothetical vignettes describing various forms of police misconduct, was distributed to both students and police officers in Croatia. The respondents in the study, 1,142 police officers from Croatia and 450 students from the University of Zagreb, shared their views of how serious most police officers would evaluate misconduct, the expected discipline, and whether they would report the described misconduct. The results suggest not only that students expressed less positive views of the police than police officers themselves did, but also that students expressed attitudes associated with somewhat lower integrity than police officers did

Community policing · Criminal justice · Criminal justice ethics · Criminology · Misconduct · Officer · Police department · Police science · Political science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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