Open AccessUnderstanding Knife Crime and Trust in Police with Young People in East London
Author(s) -
Artemis Skarlatidou,
Lina Ludwig,
Réka Solymosi,
Ben Bradford
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
crime and delinquency/crime and delinquency
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.431
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1552-387X
pISSN - 0011-1287
DOI - 10.1177/00111287211029873
Subject(s) - perception , construct (python library) , psychology , fear of crime , criminology , computer science , programming language , neuroscience
We explore young people’s experiences and perceptions of knife crime, and we compare these to the understanding of police experts, to explore the perceptions shaping trust in the police and policing. We carry out an experience sampling survey deployed using a mobile application reflecting on safety and knife crime, to understand young people’s daily lived experiences. We then use the mental models approach to interview young people and police experts and construct a shared mental model which identifies mismatches between the two groups and key areas of discord related to breakdown of trust and communication. We identify gaps, misconceptions and expectations for re-establishing trust and propose strategies to tackle knife crime and improve trust between young people and the police.