The police and the public : in-depth essays based on Police Barometer Survey data, Vol. 2
Vuorensyrjä, Matti; Rauta, Jenita (2026)
Police University College of Finland
2026
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The second volume of The Police and the Public introduces three new in-depth essays on the relationships between the police and the public. All three studies are based on the Police Barometer Survey (PBS) 2022 data. From the PBS 2022 sweep on, the survey has been based on random sampling methodology. The sample has been drawn from the database of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland, and prepared for the analysis by Statistics Finland. The data have exceptionally robust statistical grounds.
The three essays of the book provide unique new perspectives on 1. distrust in the operation of the police among victims of violent crime, sexual harassment, and sexual assault; 2. the question of why, against all odds, citizens’ trust in the operation of the police withstood the Aarnio malfeasance case, and; 3. the power of the key deontological variables—perceived procedural justice of the police, perceived police corruption—to predict distrust in the operation of the police, holding constant a comprehensive set of other predictors.
The articles of the book offer valuable reading to scholars and students in the fields of police studies and criminology, and to policy analysts of the police.
The three essays of the book provide unique new perspectives on 1. distrust in the operation of the police among victims of violent crime, sexual harassment, and sexual assault; 2. the question of why, against all odds, citizens’ trust in the operation of the police withstood the Aarnio malfeasance case, and; 3. the power of the key deontological variables—perceived procedural justice of the police, perceived police corruption—to predict distrust in the operation of the police, holding constant a comprehensive set of other predictors.
The articles of the book offer valuable reading to scholars and students in the fields of police studies and criminology, and to policy analysts of the police.