This proposed study is based on psychological research known as "contact theory". The premise of this theory is that direct contact between two people who do not belong to the same group, and do not usually socialize, can have a significant effect on the perception of the other. The purpose of the present study is to organize this type of contact between police officers and people living in Parisian suburbs, where relations with the police can tend to be more problematic than elsewhere. The aim here is to assess the effect of the contact on several indicators of people's trust in the police and police officers.
