Stavovi studenata o hrvatskoj policiji

master's thesis

• Title (english): Attitudes of college students towards Croatian police
• Author: Dominik Fontana
• Mentor: Irena Cajner Mraović (mentor)
• Committee member: Dario Pavić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ana Marija Dunaj (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Irena Cajner Mraović (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Sociology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-09-11, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology

Abstract

Sigurnost je jedna od najosnovnijih potreba čovjeka prema Maslowljevoj hijerarhiji potreba. Policija je važan čimbenik osjećaja sigurnosti stanovnika svake zajednice u modernom demokratskom društvu. Iskustva građana s policijom oblikuju njihove stavove prema policiji iz
čega proizlazi povjerenje građana u policiju. Kvantitativna istraživanja indiciraju generalnu razinu povjerenja građana u policiju, kao i njegove glavne prediktore, no ne omogućavaju razumijevanje mehanizama koji stoje iza tih korelacija. Istraživanja pokazuju kako je dob važan prediktor povjerenja u policiju, pa je cilj kvalitativnog istraživanja na kojemu se temelji diplomski rad, utvrditi stavove mladih ljudi prema policiji i razumjeti genezu tih stavova. S obzirom na socijalne, ekonomske, kulturološke i druge posebnosti lokalnih zajednica, ciljana populacija su mladi ljudi u jednom hrvatskom gradu: Puli, a uzorak je formiran ciljanim uzorkovanjem iz populacije studenata Sveučilištu Jurja Dobrile u Puli jer su studenti uobičajeno vrlo aktivan dio civilnog društva. Istraživanje je bilo provedeno metodom polustrukturiranog intervjua. S obzirom na to da mladi ljudi predstavljaju budućnost zajednice očekuje se da će dobiveni rezultati pomoći dati lokalnoj policiji smjernice kako dalje razvijati svoj legitimitet.

Abstract (english)

Security is one of the most fundamental human needs according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The police play a crucial role in fostering a sense of security among residents in any modern democratic society. People's experiences with the police shape their attitudes towards the institution, which in turn influences their level of trust in the police. Quantitative research
indicates the general level of public trust in the police, as well as its main predictors, but it does not provide insight into the mechanisms behind these correlations. Studies show that age is an important predictor of trust in the police, so the goal of the qualitative research on which this thesis is based is to determine young people's attitudes towards the police and to understand the genesis of these attitudes. Given the social, economic, cultural, and other specificities of local communities, the target population for this study is young people in a Croatian city: Pula, with a sample drawn through targeted sampling from the student population at the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, as students are typically a very active part of civil society. The research was conducted using the method of semi-structured interviews. Since young people represent the future of the community, the results are expected to provide the local police with guidelines on how to further develop their legitimacy.

• Keywords: policija; socijalna percepcija; povjerenje; legitimitet; studenti
• Keywords (english): police; social perception; trust; legitimacy; students
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:161801
• Study programme: Title: Sociology (Double major, Teaching Stream); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra edukacije sociologije / sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra sociologije (sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra edukacije sociologije / sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra sociologije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-09-18 08:05:47