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  • Community Norms, Procedural Justice, and the Public’s Perceptions of Police Legitimacy

    Author(s)
    Antrobus, Emma
    Bradford, Ben
    Murphy, Kristina
    Sargeant, Elise
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Sargeant, Elise B.
    Murphy, Kristina
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    A significant body of research has demonstrated the importance of procedurally fair policing in fostering citizens’ feelings of obligation to obey the police. A handful of recent studies have begun to explore the role of community processes within this relationship. They show perceptions of police use of procedural justice, and their consequences can vary according to community context. The present study utilizes data collected within a randomized controlled trial of procedural justice in policing, the Queensland Community Engagement Trial (QCET). We find perceived community norms about obeying the police are strongly ...
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    A significant body of research has demonstrated the importance of procedurally fair policing in fostering citizens’ feelings of obligation to obey the police. A handful of recent studies have begun to explore the role of community processes within this relationship. They show perceptions of police use of procedural justice, and their consequences can vary according to community context. The present study utilizes data collected within a randomized controlled trial of procedural justice in policing, the Queensland Community Engagement Trial (QCET). We find perceived community norms about obeying the police are strongly associated with individuals’ own feelings of obligation to obey police. Moreover, this relationship holds net of individual assessments of police. Second, procedurally just policing appears to have a greater effect on the obligation to obey police for those who believe others in their community feel less obligated to obey the police. Results demonstrate that one’s ties to the community can therefore moderate the associations between procedural justice and the obligation to obey police. The findings are interpreted within a social-psychological framework.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
    Volume
    31
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1043986214568840
    Subject
    Criminology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/125059
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