...Kenneth J. Novak; Sanja Kutnjak Ivković Purpose To examine the degree of homogeneity of police officers' evaluations of seriousness of police misconduct across various countries. Design/methodology/approach The authors surveyed police officers from Croatia (N=1,649), Finland...

... Community policing Perception Finland Police visibility in a well‐defined and detailed form has rarely been studied as a potential factor affecting the fear of crime, although the most frequent interaction between citizens and police is likely to be when citizens see the police. In fact, few...

...Sirpa Virta Anglo‐American community policing has been implemented in Finland since 1996 but there has been a long tradition of the community policing style, called the village police, since the 1960s. The police enjoy a great deal of public confidence, the welfare society has been stable...