In his new article “Corruption and trust in the police – A cross-country study” Gunnar Thomassen deals with International surveys about trust in the police and the effect of perceived corruption in the public sector. A regression analysis of 50 countries worldwide suggests that both perceived corruption in the public sector and trust in government are important predictors of trust in the police. Moreover, a correlation analysis suggests that perceived corruption in the public sector is more damaging to trust in the police than to trust in other government institutions.
Source: Thomassen, Gunnar: Corruption and trust in the police – A cross-country study, In: EuropEan Journal of policing StudiES, 1(2), Page 153-169, 2013.