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European Journal of Criminology | 2014

From legalist to Dirty Harry: Police recruits’ attitudes towards non-legalistic police practice

Silje Bringsrud Fekjær; Otto Petersson; Gunnar Thomassen

This study provides a test of the presumption that police recruits with a diverse background, undertaking comparatively long academic training, will refrain from non-legalistic practices. This is tested by longitudinal survey data, covering two cohorts of Swedish police recruits. The results show stable support for the legalistic perspective during academy training. However, during on-the-job training, the recruits become more positive towards non-legalistic practices. This reorientation takes place quite irrespective of the type of duty to which they are assigned. Additionally, neither the recruits’ nor their parents’ level of education seems to matter. There is some effect of age and gender: young male recruits are somewhat more prone to adopt Dirty Harry-inspired measures – that is, achieving essential ends by tarnished means.


Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention | 2016

Does public criticism Erode trust in the police? The case of Jari Aarnio in the Finnish news media and its effects on the public’s attitudes towards the police

Juha Kääriäinen; Pekka Isotalus; Gunnar Thomassen

Abstract A significant part of the general public’s observations and image concerning the police comes through the mass media. It has been assumed that one factor affecting the level of trust is the way the media handles the police. This article describes the media uproar that arose in Finland in November 2013 about police misconduct, and its effects on the public trust in the police. Two hypotheses were tested in the study: (a) negative publicity always decreases trust, and so, too, in this case; and (b) a change in trust is affected by the public’s independent interpretation of the publicity battle, in which case criticism might also increase trust. The study materials comprise the news coverage concerning the uproar and four opinion surveys collected after it occurred. The first survey was conducted immediately after the press conference of the case in week 48/2013 and the other ones in three-week intervals. The results show that following the uproar, compared to the earlier results of the European Social Survey, trust in the police did not decrease—on the contrary, it increased slightly. Our results suggest that in this case a large part of the audience has taken, to use the term of Stuart Hall, the oppositional position when interpreting negative news about the police.


Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management | 2014

Trust no Matter What? Citizens’ Perception of the Police 1 Year after the Terror Attacks in Norway

Gunnar Thomassen; Jon Strype; Marit Egge


80 | 2013

Tillit til politiet etter 22. juli

Marit Egge; Jon Strype; Gunnar Thomassen


Crime Prevention and Community Safety | 2006

A Letter from Norway: Contemporary Trends in Norwegian Policing

Gunnar Thomassen; Tore Bjørgo


167 +vedlegg | 2017

Som før, men tryggere: Politiets vurdering av 14 måneders midlertidig bevæpning

Bjørn Barland; Julie Høivik; Tor-Geir Myhrer; Gunnar Thomassen


Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab | 2016

Visjoner, reform og realiteter: anmeldelse av og kommentarer til Verdens bedste politi. Politireformen i Danmark 2007-2011 Av Flemming Balvig, Lars Holmberg og Maria Pi Højlund Nielsen

Tor-Geir Myhrer; Gunnar Thomassen; Jon Strype


EJPS | 2016

System satisfaction, contact satisfaction, and trust in the police|

Gunnar Thomassen; Juha Kääriäinen


437-454 | 2016

System satisfaction, contact satisfaction, and trust in the police: A study of Norway

Gunnar Thomassen; Juha Kääriäinen


Nordisk politiforskning | 2014

Bokanmeldelse: Just Authority? Trust in England and Wales

Gunnar Thomassen; Jon Strype

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Jon Strype

Norwegian Police University College

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Marit Egge

Norwegian Police University College

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Tore Bjørgo

Norwegian Police University College

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Silje Bringsrud Fekjær

Norwegian Police University College

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