The perceptions of the citizens of Republic of Macedonia about the work of the police

Abstract

This paper analyzes the research results of several battery questions for the assessments on the work of the police from 2008 to 2017. It is about field researches, conducted in all mountain regions in the Republic of Macedonia, among 30 and 40 municipalities. The number of the correspondents ranged from 1032 in 2017 to 1440 in 2011. (By years that is: in 2008 1163 correspondents, in 2009 1318 correspondents, in 2010 1309 correspondents, in 2011 1404 correspondents, in 2012 1240 correspondents, in 2013 1138 correspondents, in 2014 1167 correspondents, in 2015 1016 correspondents, in 2016 1044 correspondents and in 2017 1032 correspondents. The sample is structured as multi-staged and it belongs to the group of intentional samples. The paper through a longitudinal approach shows the variations of the citizens’ perceptions about the police, its relation with the citizens, and the realization of the functions they perform in society.

Keywords

• police
• public
• confidentiality
• image of the police
• citizens