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In Contact with the Public: Swedish police officers’ understanding of consideration, restraint, and confidence

Nielsen, Johan LU (2022) SOLM02 20221
Department of Sociology of Law
Abstract
The Swedish population is distinguished by having a high level of trust in the police. This high
trust is partly dependent on the numerous everyday interactions between police officers and the
public. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of how Swedish police
officers understand these interactions in relation to the existing legal framework concerning
police behaviour. This research topic is qualitatively explored by analysing how Swedish police
officers understand and describe the three keywords of consideration, restraint and confidence
as found in § 10 in the Swedish Police Regulation Act (2014:1104). The analysis is realised by
drawing on the theoretical framework of street-level bureaucracy and... (More)
The Swedish population is distinguished by having a high level of trust in the police. This high
trust is partly dependent on the numerous everyday interactions between police officers and the
public. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of how Swedish police
officers understand these interactions in relation to the existing legal framework concerning
police behaviour. This research topic is qualitatively explored by analysing how Swedish police
officers understand and describe the three keywords of consideration, restraint and confidence
as found in § 10 in the Swedish Police Regulation Act (2014:1104). The analysis is realised by
drawing on the theoretical framework of street-level bureaucracy and emotional labor. The
empirical material, in turn, consists of eight semi-structured qualitative interviews with
Swedish police officers with different professional roles and work experiences. The findings
show that Swedish police officers’ understanding and descriptions are influenced by how they
exercise discretion as street-level bureaucrats and how they perform emotional labor.
Additionally, it can be argued that Swedish police officers perform emotional labor to carry
out police procedures and work-related tasks. (Less)
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author
Nielsen, Johan LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOLM02 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Swedish police, Police Regulation Act, Discretion, Emotional labor, Street-level bureaucrats
language
English
id
9097818
date added to LUP
2022-09-16 15:08:02
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2022-09-16 15:08:02
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  abstract     = {{The Swedish population is distinguished by having a high level of trust in the police. This high
trust is partly dependent on the numerous everyday interactions between police officers and the
public. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of how Swedish police
officers understand these interactions in relation to the existing legal framework concerning
police behaviour. This research topic is qualitatively explored by analysing how Swedish police
officers understand and describe the three keywords of consideration, restraint and confidence
as found in § 10 in the Swedish Police Regulation Act (2014:1104). The analysis is realised by
drawing on the theoretical framework of street-level bureaucracy and emotional labor. The
empirical material, in turn, consists of eight semi-structured qualitative interviews with
Swedish police officers with different professional roles and work experiences. The findings
show that Swedish police officers’ understanding and descriptions are influenced by how they
exercise discretion as street-level bureaucrats and how they perform emotional labor.
Additionally, it can be argued that Swedish police officers perform emotional labor to carry
out police procedures and work-related tasks.}},
  author       = {{Nielsen, Johan}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{In Contact with the Public: Swedish police officers’ understanding of consideration, restraint, and confidence}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}