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| Author: | Jackson, J. Bradford, B. |
| Title: | Crime, policing and social order: On the expressive nature of public confidence in policing |
| Journal: | British Journal of Sociology
2009 : SEP, VOL. 60:3, p. 493-521 |
| Index terms: | crime police force |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | UK social scientists and policy-makers are paying increasing attention to public confidence in policing. Public support is vital if the police and other criminal justice agencies are to function both effectively and in accordance with democratic norms. This paper suggests that people think about their local police in ways less to do with the risk of victimization and more to do with judgments of social cohesion and moral consensus. Across England and Wales, the police may stand as symbolic "moral guardians" of social stability and order, held responsible for community values and informal social controls. This paper also provides evidence that public confidence in the London Metropolitan Police Service expresses broader social anxieties about long-term social change. The paper finishes with some thoughts on a sociological analysis of the cultural place of policing. |
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