THE MENTAL IMAGE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE POLICE OFFICERS INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMUNITY AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETAL STABILITY

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Institute of Environmental Studies & Research, Ain Shams University

2 Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University

3 Faculty of physical Education, Helwan University

4 Faculty of Police Studies, Police Academy

Abstract

The experiences a person is going through plays a significant role in forming his mental image. In fact, a person retrieves these experiments and all that perceived by his senses. So, the mental image is affected by a person's perception and experiences either they are positive or negative. The study 's objective is crystallized in identifying the mental image exchanged between police members and community members and its impact on societal stability. The study sample is selected randomly, divided into two groups, the police sample that consists of (50) items and the other society's divergent categories and consists of (200) items. The study belongs to the descriptive (qualitative)  type of studies using the social survey approach. The study tools are embodied in the scale, observation and some other statistical approaches as for instance, T. Test, Frequencies, Percentages, and Coefficient Correlations.
The study comes to the following results:

Results indicate that the nature of the mental image overwhelmed by citizens towards the police members is positive, as they consider the police as a national institution with positive situations towards the Egyptian people despite the existence of some shortness.
Results also indicate the image that the research population carry about the police authority is positive, particularly, after the 30 June revolution. This image is built by media and personal experiments.

The most important study recommendations:

Cooperation between media and police members in diffusing security awareness in all mass communications for all different classes' citizens.
Simplify procedures in police administrations in which the audience are dealing with such as Traffic, Passports and Civil Status.
Intensify training and use up-to-date weapons and equipments in police authority administration to ensure keep in line with present era, the organized crime, and including the computer in all works.
Concerning more with raising morals of police officers and workers, secure their present and future for achieving optimal performance.
 Improve services presented to citizens using modern techniques.

 

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Journal of Environmental Science
Volume 50, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
part 3: humanities Sciences
January 2021
Pages 187-227

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