Most people do not fear the police. Some people fear the police because they are committing a crime, and fear getting caught. There are some areas where the police have a reputation for corruption and abusive acts, which has resulted in communities that are fearful. This is not typical, though.
According to Urban Dictionary it is 5obia, a fear of the police (usually a developed fear, after a traumatic encounter with the cops). However, I do not believe this is a valid psychological classification.According to Urban Dictionary it is 5obia, a fear of the police (usually a developed fear, after a traumatic encounter with the cops). However, I do not believe this is a valid psychological classification.According to Urban Dictionary it is 5obia, a fear of the police (usually a developed fear, after a traumatic encounter with the cops). However, I do not believe this is a valid psychological classification.According to Urban Dictionary it is 5obia, a fear of the police (usually a developed fear, after a traumatic encounter with the cops). However, I do not believe this is a valid psychological classification.According to Urban Dictionary it is 5obia, a fear of the police (usually a developed fear, after a traumatic encounter with the cops). However, I do not believe this is a valid psychological classification.According to Urban Dictionary it is 5obia, a fear of the police (usually a developed fear, after a traumatic encounter with the cops). However, I do not believe this is a valid psychological classification.
The police in the UK, often hold a knife amnesty, when people may hand in their knives without the fear of arrest and prosecution.
Policophobia is the slang made for phobia of police. However, there is no official word for it.
because of their reaction every time they see them in the film rabbit-proof fence it shows every time theirs police it must mean somthing bad
Stalin : He used the secret police to spy on people who threatened his authority. He also killed people in his own party because his power was somewhat sacred to him. Stalin also kept a close eye on people with the secret police and had guards to make sure everyone was doing their job. Hitler : He made the secret police kill Jewish people.
There is truly only one that has worked. Fear. People are controlled by fear. Every Dictator has used fear to stay in power by using police and informers to make sure anyone who doesn't agree is locked up or murdered. No Dictator ever held power long without using fear.
Astynomiaphobia is the correct psychological term with astynomia meaning police in Greek and phobiais fear in Greek.Policophobia is more commonly used as slang which means a fear of police encounters that appears to be more associated with a class of residents such as renters, low income households, young, non-white, and those with a sense of disenfranchisement from government, society and neighbor.
You can get over your fear by getting through your fear by calling the police on your abusive felon husband. It would be wise to do this as part of a safety plan that involves limiting his ability to punish you for making this call, including the calculation of whether this will comprise a parole violation that will send him back to prison. Work with local abuse resources to put that safety plan together. You can also do this. If he works call while he's at work. Then the police will arrest him. Or if you are scared let one of your close people call the police and do it for you.
The fear of sales people can be categorized as the fear of strangers: Xenophobia.
There is nothing to fear but fear itself. The fear of the unknown
If fear of gays is homophobia, then fear of straight people would be heterophobia.