Research Summary Focused deterrence strategies are increasingly being applied to
prevent and control gang and group‐involved violence, overt drug markets, and individual …

This article reviews the evidence on whether procedurally just treatment of citizens by
agents of the criminal justice system, usually the police, has the effect of increasing the …

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a
relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare procedural justice and legitimacy as
correlates and predictors of compliance with the law. Methods A literature review produced …

The traditional goal of legal authorities has been to obtain widespread public compliance
with the law. Empirical research findings have shown that legitimacy—typically …

The topic of legitimacy is of great theoretical and practical importance within the field of
criminal justice, but it remains under-studied by criminologists and socio-legal scholars …

Legitimacy (or “the right to exercise power”) is now an established concept in criminological
analysis, especially in relation to policing. Substantial empirical evidence shows the …

Research Summary In 2017, we published an essay (Nagin & Telep, 2017) that challenged
the widely held view that research had plausibly demonstrated that procedurally just …

The May 2015 release of the report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
highlighted a fundamental change in the issues dominating discussions about policing in …

One of the biggest challenges facing modern policing in recent years has been the lack of
police legitimacy. The tipping point of this phenomenon is often attributed to the Rodney …