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.
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Sunshine & Tyler show procedural fairness drives police legitimacy and cooperation in NYC surveys, but do not test explanations or acceptance of unfavorable outcomes.
“Here too, the message is that people are more accepting of and cooperative with authorities when they are treated with fairness and respect.”
- 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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