Risk Perception and Security Attitudes: the Role of Human Values on Brazilian Police Officers and Civilians

Risk Perception and Security Attitudes: the Role of Human Values on Brazilian Police Officers and Civilians

Studies on crime and parking facilities also appear to have a strong focus on car theft with small emphasis on psychological and cognitive variables to investigate potential crimes in this environment. Furthermore, there is limited literature on such crimes in South America, particularly in Brazil....

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Published in:Journal of police and criminal psychology Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 353 - 368
Main Authors: Torres, Cláudio V., Mattos, Marcio J. S., Nascimento, Thiago G., de Souza, Wania C., da Silva, Lucas L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01-06-2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Attitude measures
Attitudes
Behavior
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Crime
Crime prevention
Criminal investigations
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Fear of crime
Law and Psychology
Mapping
Military police
Parking
Parking facilities
Perceptions
Police
Psychology
Public safety
Quantitative psychology
Risk assessment
Risk perception
Robbery
Social development
State police
Theft
Traffic control
Values
Brazil
United States > US
Criminal prevention
Risk perception
Security attitude
Humans values
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Summary:Studies on crime and parking facilities also appear to have a strong focus on car theft with small emphasis on psychological and cognitive variables to investigate potential crimes in this environment. Furthermore, there is limited literature on such crimes in South America, particularly in Brazil. This study has the objective of offering an instrument to assess risk perception in public and private parking lots of free circulation, as well as to understand and describe how individual values influence this variable regarding civilians’ and police officers’ perception of hazards present in free circulation public and private parking lots. A psychometrically valid risk perception and security attitude scale is presented. The scores of the two groups were predicted by human values. It was observed a mapping of risk situations in parking lots, as well as attitudes that can prevent crimes. Implications for the development of social public safety policies are discussed.
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ISSN:0882-0783
1936-6469
DOI:10.1007/s11896-022-09511-z