Public knowledge of intelligence agencies among university students in Spain/ Cristina Del-Real & Antonio M. Díaz-Fernández
Material type: TextPublication details: 2022Subject(s): Online resources: In: Intelligence and National Security Vol. 37, No 1, January 2022, pp. 19-37 (99)Summary: Public knowledge of both the mission and the powers of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) are studied in this paper through a survey of 2888 students from 30 universities in Spain. The results confirmed that university students were unaware of the CNI's mission and powers and that their vision of the CNI was of a Law Enforcement Agency with mainly counter-terrorism functions. Their knowledge differed according to their sociodemographic background and political variables. Both the implications for further scientific debate and the policies of intelligence agencies toward openness are discussed.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Public knowledge of both the mission and the powers of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) are studied in this paper through a survey of 2888 students from 30 universities in Spain. The results confirmed that university students were unaware of the CNI's mission and powers and that their vision of the CNI was of a Law Enforcement Agency with mainly counter-terrorism functions. Their knowledge differed according to their sociodemographic background and political variables. Both the implications for further scientific debate and the policies of intelligence agencies toward openness are discussed.
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