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Title: Intersectional inequalities in trust in the police in England
Authors: Tura, F
Pickering, SD
Hansen, ME
Hunter, J
Keywords: trust in the police;intersectionality;inequalities;MAIHDA
Issue Date: 7-Jul-2025
Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group)
Citation: Tura, F. et al. (2025) 'Intersectional inequalities in trust in the police in England', Policing and Society, 0 (ahead of print), pp. 1 - 15. doi: 10.1080/10439463.2025.2529300.
Abstract: This study investigates intersectional inequalities in trust in the police in England using multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) for the first time. We find that those who are non-White, from lower social classes, and reside in London show lower predicted trust levels than other people. While older people show higher predicted trust levels, younger people, especially those from marginalised backgrounds, have the lowest predicted levels of trust in the police. We also find intersectional effects. While middle-aged White males from lower social classes and living outside of London have lower than-expected trust in the police, older White females from lower social classes and living outside of London have higher than-expected trust in the police. We argue that ground-level, community engagement, coupled with extensive officer training on engaging with individuals from diverse backgrounds, are key to developing higher levels of trust in the police.
Description: Data availability statement: Full replication data and code are available on GitHub: https://github.com/CrimFerhat/MAIHDA-Trust-in-the-police .
Supplemental material is available online at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10439463.2025.2529300# .
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31696
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2025.2529300
ISSN: 1043-9463
Other Identifiers: ORCiD: Martin Ejnar Hansen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3637-208X
Appears in Collections:Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers

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