The role of procedural justice and legitimacy in shaping public support for policing¶
Sunshine, J., & Tyler, T. R. (2003). The role of procedural justice and legitimacy in shaping public support for policing. Law & Society Review, 37(3), 513-548.
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- Procedural Fairness (Due Process)
- Research in procedural justice shows that affected parties accept unfavorable outcomes more readily when decision-makers provide clear, detailed explanations—suggesting that reasoned justification is not merely a legal formality but a psychological necessity for legitimacy, as Sunshine and Tyler (2003) and Tyler (2004) document for police authority and as Colquitt (2001) demonstrates across organizational settings using a validated multi-dimensional measure of procedural, distributive, interpersonal, and informational justice.
This sourceEmpirical demonstration that perceived procedural fairness in police–citizen interactions predicts public legitimacy and willingness to cooperate more strongly than instrumental judgments about police effectiveness or fear of crime.
- Research in procedural justice shows that affected parties accept unfavorable outcomes more readily when decision-makers provide clear, detailed explanations—suggesting that reasoned justification is not merely a legal formality but a psychological necessity for legitimacy, as Sunshine and Tyler (2003) and Tyler (2004) document for police authority and as Colquitt (2001) demonstrates across organizational settings using a validated multi-dimensional measure of procedural, distributive, interpersonal, and informational justice.
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