Procedural Justice, Trust, and Institutional Legitimacy
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- 4 July 2010
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice
- Vol. 4 (3), 203-210
- https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paq027
Abstract
This paper summarizes ‘procedural justice’ approaches to policing, contrasting these to the more politically dominant discourse about policing as crime control. It argues that public trust in policing is needed partly because this may result in public cooperation with justice, but more importantly because public trust in justice builds institutional legitimacy and thus public compliance with the law and commitment to the rule of law. Some recent survey findings are presented in support of this perspective.Keywords
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