An examination of the influence of street stops on the legal socialization of young men
showed an association between the number of police stops they see or experience and a …

Policing experts have suggested that shifting from a warrior mindset–officers viewing
themselves as warriors fighting crime–to a guardian mindset–officers valuing working with …

Accounts of the social meaning of policing and of the relationship between police and citizen
converge on the idea that police behaviour carries important identity-relevant information …

What does it mean to trust the police? What makes the police legitimate in the eyes of the
policed? What builds trust, legitimacy and cooperation, and what undermines the bond …

Within policing research there is currently little research examining the role of procedural
justice in shaping legitimacy and considering their joint role in shaping compliance …

Encounters with the criminal justice system shape people's perceptions of the legitimacy of
legal authorities, and the dominant explanatory framework for this relationship revolves …

Tyler's process-based model of policing suggests that the police can enhance their
perceived legitimacy and trustworthiness in the eyes of the public when they exercise their …

When do police officers feel confident in their own authority? What factors influence their
sense of their own legitimacy? What is the effect of such 'self-legitimacy'on the way they think …

This study used survey data from cross-sectional, university-based samples of young adults
in different cultural settings (ie, the United States and Ghana) to accomplish 2 main …

Purpose There has been widespread speculation that the events surrounding the shooting
death of an unarmed young black man by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri—and …