law and order law and order / http://backend.userland.com/rss ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav WebTeam Britons' Trust in Courts and Police Declines Britons' confidence in their national courts and local police fell sharply in 2025, even as their faith in other institutions held firm. /poll/699710/britons-trust-courts-police-declines.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/699710/britons-trust-courts-police-declines.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:01:00 GMT More People Feel Safe Even as Global Conflicts Rise In 2024, ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's global tracking reached a new milestone: 73% of adults worldwide said they feel safe walking alone at night in their city or area. /poll/695240/people-feel-safe-even-global-conflicts-rise.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/695240/people-feel-safe-even-global-conflicts-rise.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:00:00 GMT Racial Divide on Policing Narrows 5 Years After Floyd Death Black Americans' opinions about four aspects of local policing in the U.S. showed modest improvement in 2024, while White Americans' views have been mostly stable since 2021. /poll/690959/racial-divide-policing-narrows-years-floyd-death.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/690959/racial-divide-policing-narrows-years-floyd-death.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 23 May 2025 03:00:00 GMT Americans Pass Judgment on Their Courts Between 2020 and 2024, Americans' confidence in the U.S. judicial system and courts declined by 24 percentage points, one of the largest country-level drops for the courts measured globally since 2006. /poll/653897/americans-pass-judgment-courts.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/653897/americans-pass-judgment-courts.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:01:00 GMT Global Safety Starts to Slip ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's latest update on global safety shows people worldwide feel safer today than they did a decade ago, but many countries have a long way to go. /poll/650516/global-safety-starts-slip.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/650516/global-safety-starts-slip.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:01:00 GMT Guayas, Ecuador: The Least Safe Place on the Planet? Ahead of Ecuador's security referendum on Sunday, ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav data show no other region in the world, apart from active war zones, feels less secure than Guayas. /poll/643817/guayas-ecuador-least-safe-place-planet.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/643817/guayas-ecuador-least-safe-place-planet.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 19 Apr 2024 01:00:00 GMT Humanitarian Crisis Looms Over DRC's Election Ahead of the DRC's scheduled election on Dec. 20, ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav data paint a picture of widespread vulnerability, health problems and negative experiences. /poll/547082/humanitarian-crisis-looms-drc-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/547082/humanitarian-crisis-looms-drc-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 18 Dec 2023 01:00:00 GMT 4 Ways Police Encounters Shape Public Perceptions, Wellbeing 77% of Americans who have interacted with police in the past 12 months say the experience was positive overall, but those who do not report positive experiences in police encounters have lower wellbeing and feel less safe. /opinion/gallup/547073/ways-police-encounters-shape-public-perceptions-wellbeing.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/547073/ways-police-encounters-shape-public-perceptions-wellbeing.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:30:00 GMT Russians' Confidence in Military Dips in 2023 ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's latest surveys in Russia show that confidence in the nation's military has slipped, even as Russians' faith in other institutions has risen. /poll/544586/russians-confidence-military-dips-2023.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/544586/russians-confidence-military-dips-2023.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 21 Nov 2023 01:00:00 GMT Confidence in Police Rises, but World Doesn't Feel Safer ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's latest update on its annual Law and Order Index reveals a shakeup in the least and most safe countries in the world. /poll/513494/confidence-police-rises-world-doesn-feel-safer.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/513494/confidence-police-rises-world-doesn-feel-safer.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 30 Oct 2023 23:01:00 GMT