Title: The motivation and opinions of the police : A key issue for the effectiveness of enforcement
Abstract: This paper presents a few results of a study on the effectiveness of traffic law enforcement in Austria. First a few basic data are presented. Although enforcement is seen positive in the population the interaction between drivers and the police officers is sometimes complicated - a few facts are reported. The last part of this paper tries to describe motivational factors of police officers. Results of the questionnaires show that officers are not a homogeneous group. Various types of officers are described. Four groups of pessimistic and four groups of optimistic officers regarding the effectiveness of enforcement were found in the analysis.
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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