Protests of June 2013 affected Brazilian people's confidence in the police. The percentage of those unsatisfied with the corporation's work increased to 38% in the second semester of 2013, compared to the same period of 2012, which was 31%. This is one of the main conclusions of the Index of Confidence in Justice (ICJBrasil), measured by FGV's São Paulo Law School (DIREITO SP).   The confidence in the police is higher among the interviewed people with higher education degrees: 35% against 27% of those with lower education degrees. Interviewed people over 60 years of age have more confidence in the police than the youngest (between 18 and 34): 37% against 27%. Among people from 35 to 59, 30% trust in the police.If the analysis is based on the income criterion, 31% of people who earn from 1 to 4 minimum wages have confidence in the police; among those making less than one minimum wage the index reaches 26%.?Assessing the police is key to learning about the relationship between citizens and the State. For a significant part of the population, the military police or the police station are the first points of contact with the State. Assessing such confidence is like generally assessing the State?, explains Luciana Gross Cunha, coordinator of ICJBrasil.Confidence in the InstitutionsICJBrasil also makes a comparison of the confidence in Justice to the confidence in other institutions. The Judiciary has 29% of confidence from the population, better positioned only when compared to the Federal Government (27%), the Brazilian National Congress (15%) and Political Parties (6%). Luciana highlights the fact that, from 2011 to 2013, there was a 10 percentage point drop in the confidence in the Judiciary. In the second semester of 2011, the ICJBrasil's report indicated that 39% of the population trusted the Judicial Power. This rate decreased to 34% in the second semester of 2012, and to 29% at present.The researcher explains that this result is mostly due to the increased exposure of the Judiciary in the media, mainly regarding the scandals involving judges that were made public.On the other hand, the people say they trust more the Armed Forces, with 66% of the responses, followed by the Catholic Church (56%), the Public Prosecution Office (45%), Written Press (41%), Large Companies (37%), the Police (31%) and TV Networks (30%).The ICJBrasil interviewed 3,325 people from 8 federative units (Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District). The sample represents 55% of the Brazilian population with 18 years of age and above, according to data from the 2010 Census.Please click here and read the full survey (in Portuguese).