Public confidence in the police: tests of instrumental and expressive models in a developing country city

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dc.contributor.authorFrimpong, L.K.
dc.contributor.authorOteng-Ababio, M.
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, G.
dc.contributor.authorWrigley-Asante, C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-31T10:59:35Z
dc.date.available2019-05-31T10:59:35Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the effect of instrumental and expressive concerns on public confidence in the police in three different residential areas in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana’s third largest city. The study was important because of the knowledge vacuum that existed in regard to the empirical validity of the instrumental and expressive theoretical framework within the Ghanaian context. Data for the study was drawn from a baseline survey conducted in three residential areas in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. The findings revealed that instrumental factors played a more significant role in influencing confidence in the police in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis compared to expressive factors. More importantly, instrumental factors played a more significant role in influencing confidence in the police at Anaji compared to the other two residential areas used in the study. The paper recommends that there should be more investment in police infrastructure and services to enhance police effectiveness and efficiency. Additionally, the authors also suggest that interventions aimed at improving security at the community level should be guided by periodic safety audits since this will provide a better understanding of the criminogenic problems within these residential settlements.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2018.1525380
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/30427
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPolice Practice and Researchen_US
dc.subjectPublic confidenceen_US
dc.subjectPolicingen_US
dc.subjectFear of crimeen_US
dc.subjectCollective efficacyen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titlePublic confidence in the police: tests of instrumental and expressive models in a developing country cityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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