One country, three populations: Trust in police among migrants, villagers, and urbanites in China.

Highlights: [•] Chinese citizens tend to conflate procedural-based trust and outcome-based trust. [•] Expressive concerns play a more important role than instrumental concern. [•] The effects of expressive variables are most evident among villagers and urbanites. [•] The instrumental variable, victimization, only affects migrant workers’ perceptions. [•] Media influence affects trust in the police. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]