Arab Women And Police Essay

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A positive respective relationship with the community and the police can lead to effective policing and the research shows that there is a lack of cohesion between Arabs and the police. Arabs, in general, believe that reporting crimes are like "informing" on their people and that the police are not welcome into their homes. This leads to underreporting of property and violent crime among Arabs. The data gathered from surveys unveiled that Jews that believe reporting criminals to the police is informing on them is 15.7 percent, those that feel that the police do not belong in their community is 15.8 percent, the willingness to report crime to the police is 85.8 percent, and the willing to report crime to the police is 85.8. The responses from …show more content…

Arab women, for example, are more accepting of police interaction than men. This may be due to factors such as Arab women being more vulnerable to being victims in traditional Arab communities in which gender-based crime can greatly impact women (Hasan, 2002). Arab men are more likely to be involved in violent interactions with the police, especially during political events (Hasisi and Weitzer, 2007) which is part of the reason why Arab men are more likely to be victims of police violence which may lead to the negative view and relations Arabs have with the police. There has been consistent research showing the experience with violent clashes leads to those involved having increased negative views of the police (Weitzer et al., …show more content…

Arabs who agree that Israel can guarantee equal rights between Jews and Arabs also are more likely to support, contact and trust the police. There has been research conducted on other western nations that have also shown that native populations are more likely to have tense community-police relations with this shows consistency with this Israeli case study (Blagg and Valuri, 2004). This is one of the most in-depth studies on police perception in Israel Blagg and Valuri (2004). It is important to acknowledge that this study accounts for about 25 percent of the variance. There seem to be other factors that the model does not measure for. There needs to be more research done in this field to make better predictions and statements on what accounts for views and support of the police among Israeli Arabs and