Supporting the Local Police - The Differential Group Basis of Varieties of Support

• NCJ Number: 92119
• Journal: Police Studies Volume: 6 Issue: 3 Dated: (Fall 1983) Pages: 50-56
• Author(s): O Marenin
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 7 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. An earlier draft of this paper was presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences convention, Louisville, 1982.

Annotation

Support for the local police is measured by a yes or no vote on a bond issue for a new building for the police department. Data on how people voted, their reasons for voting, demographic traits and attitudes were gathered by a survey instrument.

Abstract

Attitudinal support for police did not correlate with a yes vote. The author suggests that respondents were under cross-pressures, caught among attitudes which support the police, other ideological beliefs, and immediate self-interest. (Publisher abstract)