PUBLIC ASSESSMENTS OF THE POLICE IN RURAL AND URBAN CHINA A Theoretical Extension and Empirical Investigation

被引:46
作者
Sun, Ivan Y. [1 ]
Wu, Yuning [2 ]
Hu, Rong [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Delaware, Dept Sociol & Criminal Justice, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[2] Wayne State Univ, Dept Criminal Justice, Detroit, MI 48202 USA
[3] Xiamen Univ, Dept Sociol & Social Work, Xiamen, Peoples R China
关键词
satisfaction with the police; trust in the police; Chinese police; procedural justice; social capital; rural China; POLITICAL-PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURAL JUSTICE; INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL; CONFIDENCE; TRUST; PERCEPTIONS; LEGITIMACY; SUPPORT; CRIME; DIMENSIONS;
D O I
10.1093/bjc/azt015
中图分类号
DF [法律]; D9 [法律];
学科分类号
0301 ;
摘要
Although the past decade has witnessed the burgeoning of studies on Chinese evaluations of the police, several issues remain under-addressed, including the perceptions of rural residents, the multidimensional nature of assessments of the police, and the effects of social and political activities. This study addresses these concerns by analysing data collected from both rural and urban China. Contrary to Western evidence, villagers were found to display lower degrees of satisfaction with their police than urbanites. Chinese trust in the police is one-dimensional in nature and is distinguishable from and predicted by satisfaction with the police. Chinese assessments of the police were significantly linked to trust in neighbourhood committees, participation in conflict resolution, perceived law and order, and quality of life.
引用
收藏
页码:643 / 664
页数:22
相关论文
共 64 条
[1]  
[Anonymous], 2006, REGRESSION MODELS CA
[2]  
[Anonymous], 2011, BBC NEWS 1215
[3]  
Bernstein T.P., 2003, Taxation without representation in contemporary rural China, V37
[4]   Contact and confidence: revisiting the impact of public encounters with the police [J].
Bradford, Ben ;
Jackson, Jonathan ;
Stanko, Elizabeth A. .
POLICING & SOCIETY, 2009, 19 (01) :20-46
[5]   Individual-level evidence for the causes and consequences of social capital [J].
Brehm, J ;
Rahn, W .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, 1997, 41 (03) :999-1023
[6]   Perceptions of the police - Past findings, methodological issues, conceptual issues and policy implications [J].
Brown, B ;
Benedict, WR .
POLICING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICE STRATEGIES & MANAGEMENT, 2002, 25 (03) :543-580
[7]   SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF POLICE SERVICE DELIVERY [J].
BROWN, K ;
COULTER, PB .
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW, 1983, 43 (01) :50-58
[8]   Social conflicts and modes of action in China [J].
Cai, Yongshun .
CHINA JOURNAL, 2008, 59 :89-109
[9]   A comparison of confidence in the police in China and in the United States [J].
Cao, LQ ;
Hou, C .
JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 2001, 29 (02) :87-99
[10]   China Abolishing the Hukou System? [J].
Chan, Kam Wing ;
Buckingham, Will .
CHINA QUARTERLY, 2008, (195) :582-606