Анализ субъективных представлений различных возрастных групп о личной безопасности и оценка деятельности полиции: итоги мониторинга общественного мнения

UDC 316.4

DOI 10.20339/AM.09-23.112

Nickolay N. Demidov, Cand. Sci. (Philosophy), Docent, Professor of the Department of Philosophy at Volgograd Academy of the Interior Ministry of Russia, e-mail: demidovnick@yandex.ru

Olga V. Zueva, Cand. Sci. (Sociology), Docent, Deputy Head of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Public Administration at Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Moscow, e-mail: olgazueva-l@yandex.ru

The article is devoted to the analysis of public attitudes regarding the assessment of ensuring personal and property security of citizens by the police and the relationship between the perception of the public assessment of the activities of internal affairs bodies and trust in them on the example of the Volgograd region.

The publication uses the results of sociological monitoring conducted by the group for the study of public opinion of the Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. In the course of sociological research, citizens expressed subjective assessments of their degree of protection from criminal encroachments. The materials of sociological research conducted from 2012 to 2021 form the basis of the study. Using the analysis of socio-demographic characteristics, the links between the gender, age and education of respondents and their attitude to the police, as well as a sense of security from criminal encroachments, were identified. The paper uses the results of sociological studies conducted from 2012 to 2021, which allowed analyzing the image of the police, trust in it and its role in ensuring personal security.

Keywords: personal security, the image of the police, the trust of the police, sociological research, attitude to the internal affairs bodies.

References

1. Baranova, M.V. Police and civil society: base and perspective evaluative interactions. State-law evaluative and investigations. 2018. No. 1. P. 195–197.
2. Ilchenko, V.A. Relations societies and police for rubezhom and in Russia. Vestnik of Nizhny Novgorod University n.a. N. Lobachevsky. 2015. No. 1. P. 141.
3. Menshikova, N.S. Police and civil societies: specificity of activities in the modern-day Urgench conditions. Proselytising the legislation in the Russian Federation. 2020. No. 1. P. 22–26
4. Indicators of Russia’s problems. Portal legal statistics. URL: http://crimestat.ru/offenses_chart (accessed on: 19.02.2022).
5. Tung, A.P. Trust in the Police in Russian Society: Meaning, Current State, Prospects. Vestnik of Ad-Urga university. Ser. 1: Regional Studies: Philosophy, History, Sociology, jurisprudence, political science, cultural studies. 2021. No. 1 (274). P. 91–96.
6. Safety and security of the human being: op aposematic sociological analysis / D.V. Zernov, A.A. Yudin, E.N. Ryabinina, D.A. Spielev. N. Novgorod: NISOC, 2017. 111 p.