Public confidence in police competency to combat crime / Gopala Krishnan Sekharan Nair … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Sekharan Nair, Gopala Krishnan, Luqman, Azyanee, Shanmuggam, Saravanan, Vadeveloo, Thenmolli
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012
• Subjects: Perception; Social participation; Crime
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55420/1/55420.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55420/

In recent times, the Malaysian public has expressed fears of increasing crime rate. However, the authorities have tried to dispel public fears by stating that crime rate has actually taken a dip and public worry is more a matter of perception rather than a fear caused by a real and genuine basis. Th...