TY - JOUR AU - Murray, Alex AB - Book Reviews British Crime Survey data. It shows that largely Jackson, J., Bradford, B., opinions of the police have deteriorated (apart Stanko, B. and Hohl, K. (2013). from surprisingly the youngest age bracket that JUST AUTHORITY?TRUST IN THE shows a slight increase). But it also shows that there has been a homogenization of opinion POLICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES where individual characteristics such as age, Abingdon: Routledge gender, ethnicity, and employment status have become increasingly unimportant in influencing ISBN: 978-1843928485 £90 perceptions. There is one insightful exception, now it is white people who appear to have lower Most forces in England and Wales engage in sur- levels of confidence than many other BME groups. veying the public to test confidence in the police Another potential influence on perceptions is the and most forces are sitting on a treasure trove media and Chapter 6 is a potential game changer of under analysed data. The absence of in house for many police leaders. Many (myself included) statisticians or good academic partnerships leads have concentrated on improving the satisfaction to a failure to capitalize on what is an expensive levels of callers to the police, confident in the know- dataset. If interpreted TI - Jackson, J., Bradford, B., Stanko, B. and Hohl, K. Just Authority? Trust in the Police in England and Wales JF - Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice DO - 10.1093/police/pas058 DA - 2013-06-23 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/jackson-j-bradford-b-stanko-b-and-hohl-k-just-authority-trust-in-the-0U32MH6DkF SP - 233 EP - 235 VL - 7 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -