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Growing Up in Post-Conflict Kosovo: Youth's Insecurities and Their Attitudes Towards Police
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Abstract This study aims to identify insecurities among youth in Kosovo, constituting the largest age group. Some of the identified insecurities and respective resolutions are related to the role of and attitudes toward police in Kosovo, who are the main formal security provider in Kosovo. This is addressed ... view more
This study aims to identify insecurities among youth in Kosovo, constituting the largest age group. Some of the identified insecurities and respective resolutions are related to the role of and attitudes toward police in Kosovo, who are the main formal security provider in Kosovo. This is addressed in the first part of the article. The second part addresses these attitudes toward police, analysing youth perspectives on performance, procedural justice and distributive justice. Primary data from semi-structured focus group discussions with Kosovar youth are used for the analyses. Five key types of insecurities were identified: (1) job-related (unemployment), (2) drug-related, (3) school-related, (4) physical and (5) inequality-related. Results also show that attitudes toward police are predominantly poor and seem to stem mainly from a performance perspective, followed by a procedural justice perspective.... view less
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Free Keywords
Kosovo; attitudes toward police; distributive justice; identifying insecurities; police performance; post-conflict; procedural justice; youth
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 66-81
Journal
Journal of Human Security, 16 (2020) 2
Issue topic
Community-Oriented Policing after Conflict - Emerging Evidence
ISSN
1835-3800
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed