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Abstract
This study examines the high levels of public unwillingness to assist police in criminal investigations in Russia. Variables of public trust of police, fear of crime, victimization, and prior contact with police are used to explain this phenomenon. Also included in the study are variables of police fear and avoidance of police. The findings suggest that higher levels of distrust in, as well as fear and avoidance of police are strong predictors of citizens’ unwillingness to assist police in Russia. The paper discusses potential implications of these findings for the 2011 police reform in Russia.
Acknowledgment
The author is grateful for assistance provided by Dr Demidov in preparation of this paper.
Notes
1. The abbreviation WCIOM refers to All-Russian Center of Public Opinion Research.
2. The abbreviation INDEM refers to Information Science for Democracy.
3. The abbreviation FOM refers to Fund of Public Opinion.
4. The Russian national average is 9.4% for 2011 and 18.3% for 2001 according to the State Committee of Statistics www.gks.ru.
5. In the Volgograd region, 15.4% of populations' income is derived from the entrepreneurship (16.4% nation-wide), 33% from hired employees’ salary (40.6% nation-wide), 21.4% from welfare payments (17.8%) and 5.4% from real estate income (6.3% nation-wide).
6. also see www.levada.ru for more details.
7. On further discussion of construct validity for procedural justice variables see Reisig et al. (Citation2007).
8. The monthly income is measured in Russian rubles. The currency rate is approximately $1–30 Russian rubles at the time of data collection.