Objectives: A body of literature has demonstrated that the perceived legitimacy of legal
authorities is an important predictor of criminal offending. Criminal offending is itself age …

Purpose Whether public members feel satisfied with law enforcement is a fundamental
determinant of their willingness to cooperate with the police, and comply with the law …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between procedural justice
perceptions and obligation to obey institutional rules among incarcerated populations with …

Considering research on juvenile delinquency more broadly, few studies have examined the
legal socialization process whereby adolescents come to accept legal authority and comply …

Since its inception in 1990, Tyler's process-based model of regulation has provided a
fundamental framework for understanding why people obey the law. Numerous studies have …

This research addressed whether perceptions of antisocial peers play a role in shaping
individual perceptions of the legitimacy of school authority figures in young people. Using …

This study was designed to investigate the effect of victimization experiences and peer
influence on delinquency via one's attitude toward the police. It was hypothesized that …

Legal socialization is the process by which individuals obtain their attitudes and beliefs
about formal social control mechanisms such as the police, including how these are formed …

The process-based model of policing, emphasizing procedural justice and police legitimacy,
has emerged as a key theoretical framework for understanding police-community relations …

Law enforcement agencies in many countries conduct surveys to learn about community
opinions and concerns but low response rates can raise doubts about the generalizability of …