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Trust, the police and gender: London, you have a problem with women

Following a series of high-profile incidents of violence against women by serving London Metropolitan Police Officers, questions of standards and the public’s confidence in policing are in the spotlight. We find that women in England are more trusting in the police than men. But not in London. London is the only area in England where women’s overall trust in the police is lower than men, even when we control for age, income, political environment and crime levels.

• Full, open access article: https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2334009
• Feature in The Daily Mail: Revealed: The Met is the least trusted police force in England by women
• Feature in The Guardian: Only 40% of people in England trust their police force, research reveals
• Feature in World Is One News India: Is the UK losing trust in its police force?
  
  Citation:
  • Pickering, S. D., & Dorussen, H., & Hansen, M. E., & Reifler, J., & Scotto, T., & Sunahara, Y., & Yen, D. (2024). London, you have a problem with women: Trust towards the police in England. Policing & Society, 348, 747–762. In press.