During the latter half of the 20th century US policing became more professional (Skogan &
Frydl 2004) and the rate of violent crime declined dramatically (Blumstein & Wallman). Yet …

This article reviews the international evidence on the potential nature, sources, and
consequences of police and legal legitimacy. In brief, I find that procedural justice is the …

Research Summary We analyzed 990 police fatal shootings using data compiled by The
Washington Post in 2015. After first providing a basic descriptive analysis of these shootings …

The fifth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed The Politics of the Police has been
completely revised, expanded, and updated to take in recent changes in the law, policy, and …

Objectives This study tests the generality of Tyler's process-based model of policing by
examining whether the effect of procedural justice and competing variables (ie, distributive …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

This paper extends Tyler's procedural justice model of public compliance with the law.
Analysing data from a national probability sample of adults in England and Wales, we …