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Factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi, Pakistan

The main objective of this study is to explore the role of juveniles' personal observation and their poverty status in influencing their perception of the police. The article draws on detailed informal interviews with 34 male juveniles on probation in Karachi. This study found that besides fami...

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Main Authors: Khoso, Abdullah, Khoso, Pasand Ali, Khushk, Ghulam Mujtab
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2018
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spelling my.upm.eprints.602422018-05-18T02:14:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60242/ Factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi, Pakistan Khoso, Abdullah Khoso, Pasand Ali Khushk, Ghulam Mujtab The main objective of this study is to explore the role of juveniles' personal observation and their poverty status in influencing their perception of the police. The article draws on detailed informal interviews with 34 male juveniles on probation in Karachi. This study found that besides family members, friends and the media, juveniles' personal observation of the police's negative activities in their neighbourhood and vicinities was the leading factor influencing their perception of the police. All 34 juveniles have seen the police engaging in negative activities (being involved in crime) in their vicinity. In addition, the juveniles' poor socioeconomic status was found to be an important factor in shaping their negative perception although it was not as significant as the police's practice of criminalising the poor. It was also found that the majority of the juveniles were tortured; these juveniles claimed that they were innocent and were falsely implicated in false cases by the police. These vicarious encounters reinvigorated their pre-established negative perception of the police. The article concludes that personal observation plays a major role in shaping juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60242/1/04%20JSSH-1571-2016-3rdProof.pdf Khoso, Abdullah and Khoso, Pasand Ali and Khushk, Ghulam Mujtab (2018) Factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi, Pakistan. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 26 (1). pp. 59-74. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2026%20(1)%20Mar.%202018/04%20JSSH-1571-2016-3rdProof.pdf
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description The main objective of this study is to explore the role of juveniles' personal observation and their poverty status in influencing their perception of the police. The article draws on detailed informal interviews with 34 male juveniles on probation in Karachi. This study found that besides family members, friends and the media, juveniles' personal observation of the police's negative activities in their neighbourhood and vicinities was the leading factor influencing their perception of the police. All 34 juveniles have seen the police engaging in negative activities (being involved in crime) in their vicinity. In addition, the juveniles' poor socioeconomic status was found to be an important factor in shaping their negative perception although it was not as significant as the police's practice of criminalising the poor. It was also found that the majority of the juveniles were tortured; these juveniles claimed that they were innocent and were falsely implicated in false cases by the police. These vicarious encounters reinvigorated their pre-established negative perception of the police. The article concludes that personal observation plays a major role in shaping juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi.
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author Khoso, Abdullah
Khoso, Pasand Ali
Khushk, Ghulam Mujtab
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Factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi, Pakistan
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Khushk, Ghulam Mujtab
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title Factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi, Pakistan
title_short Factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi, Pakistan
title_full Factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi, Pakistan
title_fullStr Factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in Karachi, Pakistan
title_sort factors influencing juveniles' perception of the police in karachi, pakistan
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
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