Enhancing police legitimacy¶
Tyler, T. R. (2004). Enhancing police legitimacy. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 593(1), 84-99.
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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 sourceReviews evidence that procedural-justice-based policing—neutrality, voice, dignified treatment, trustworthy motives—enhances public legitimacy and compliance more reliably than deterrence-based strategies; widely cited foundation for procedural-justice training in law enforcement.
- 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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