Information sharing in community policing in Europe: Building public confidence

The literature on the importance of procedural justice in policing is extensive. Using context information sharing community policing, this paper argues that interactional, and distributive are salient interactions between police public, both online face-to-face. Structured interviews ( n = 161) were conducted with members young minority groups intermediaries (who work minorities agencies) across nine countries Europe. Our analysis barriers facilitators to highlights processes building public confidence. We highlight theoretical practical implications relevance internationally. findings show demonstrating aspects interactional (attitude behaviour, accessibility communication, personal contact relationships); (responsiveness efficiency, data protection security); (outcomes effectiveness, equity distribution services) have a role confidence facilitating conclude addition micro-level interactions, meso-level social (e.g. models security procedures) can be useful enhancing