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Apr 1, 2014 · Perceived legitimacy was measured in two ways: 1) “perceived obligation to obey the law” (e.g., “a person should obey the law even if it goes against what they think is right”), and 2) “support for legal authorities” (“I have a great deal of respect for the Chicago police”) (Tyler 1990, 45–48).
- Procedural Justice
- Dialogue with The Community
- Measuring Success
- References
Procedural justice is the practice of ensuring that the outcomes of civilian interactions with police are perceived as fair and as providing civilians with the opportunity to be heard, regardless of the outcome. Research has shown that people are far more willing to accept the outcome of an encounter with the justice system if the outcome is percei...
There is a broad array of interventions that can improve dialogue with the community. Law enforcement agencies might choose to apply these in a variety of ways. In their most basic form, these interventions include those designed to strengthen the social bonds among law enforcement officers and the members of the community that they are sworn to se...
For all of the interventions listed, an important step is gathering feedback on the success of the intervention. This can be accomplished formally through community surveys or through feedback mechanisms after police-civilian interactions. With formal or quantitative data, additional mechanisms (such as police supervisor conversations with communit...
Balkin, Jack, “Respect Worthy: Frank Michelman and the Legitimate Constitution,” Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 39, 2004. As of May 3, 2018: http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1...Community Oriented Policing Services, Community Policing Defined, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, 2014. As of May 8, 2018: https://ric-zai-inc.com/Publications/cops-p157-pub.pdfDai, Mengyan, Procedural Justice During Police-Citizen Encounters, Cincinnati, Ohio: University of Cincinnati, 2007. As of September 26, 2017: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186083725DeAngelis, Joseph, “Assessing the Impact of Oversight and Procedural Justice on the Attitudes of Individuals Who File Police Complaints,” Police Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2009, pp. 214–236.Apr 1, 2014 · Section 24.1 introduces a working, empirical definition of legitimacy. It summarizes two sources of police legitimacy as viewed from the perspective of the policed: (a) experiences of the activity of police officers, and (b) experiences of the wider activity, and perceived success of, policing.
Note that this means there is an overlap between the lawfulness pillar of legitimacy and the pillars of procedural justice and distributive justice (Bottoms and Tankebe, 2017, p. 83). Law enforcement officers do not always adhere to the rule of law.
Mar 27, 2022 · To illustrate, consider the police’s role in the global war on drugs—a war which has become a notorious example of how aggressive enforcement of the law can be a key driver of violent crime, exploitation, and drug addiction (Husak, 2002). Our position would consider it well within their purpose for police deliberately to refrain from arresting people for buying and selling drugs in a ...
Police-led interventions specifically aimed at increasing legitimacy have a significant impact on public satisfaction with and confidence in the police. Such interventions are also associated with significantly increased public compliance/cooperation, procedural justice (fairness, neutrality, etc.) and legitimacy (obligation to obey police/law).
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Aug 8, 2017 · Fire departments go where the fires occur. Police agencies often find themselves in a “Catch-22” when they direct their enforcement efforts on those areas their crime data shows to be areas of highest concentration of crime and victimization. The reality in the U.S. is areas of poverty are often communities of color.
