Daniel J Jones Daniel J Jones

In the wake of pandemic policing due to COVID-19, there are tales of two eventualities for police legitimacy that will be explored in this article: (1) The police response to the pandemic results in further militarization and draws deeper divides between police and communities or (2) the police response...is compassionate and build on procedurally just operations resulting in the rebuilding of police legitimacy post-pandemic

Jessica C M Li,Serena Y Zhang,Ivan Y Sun et al. Jessica C M Li et al.

Introduction: Understanding police legitimacy among children and youth is important for building a just and democratic society....Although the volume of studies on police legitimacy among underaged persons has grown in recent decades, the findings on the relationships between police legitimacy and procedural justice and their definitions, associated determinants, and consequences remain heterogeneous across studies and across political...Method: This scoping review offers readers a comprehensive and comparative understanding of this topic by answering the following questions. (1) How can we define police legitimacy and procedural justice for children and youth?...Results: The results synthesize the operational and subjective interpretations of police legitimacy offered by the respondents in the studies reviewed which is followed by the discussion of conceptual and measurement issues....The key correlates of police legitimacy identified in these studies were police procedural justice and behavior, followed by experience and contact with the police, relationships with other authority figures, and personal competence in moral reasoning and self-control.

Razi Hasan,Barry Watson,Narelle Haworth et al. Razi Hasan et al.

A regression analysis indicated that stronger intentions to drug drive in the future were associated with lower perceptions of police legitimacy and the legitimacy of drug driving laws, but not with the elements of procedural justice.

Simon Howard,Kaylen T Vine Simon Howard

They completed attitudes toward the police and police legitimacy and metadehumanization measures.

Elizabeth Cauffman,Jordan Beardslee,Colleen Sbeglia et al. Elizabeth Cauffman et al.

Age at first arrest, peer delinquency, exposure to violence, substance use, callous-unemotional traits, physical aggression, and perceptions of police legitimacy were also significantly related to group membership.

Brooklynn K Hitchens,Jeaneé C Miller,Yasser Arafat Payne et al. Brooklynn K Hitchens et al.

Hypotheses: We hypothesized Black women would be more likely to believe in police legitimacy and positive intent than men (Hypothesis 1), especially among the younger segment of the sample (Hypothesis 2)....Method: Using survey data, this Street Participatory Action Research project examined the direct and interactional relationships between gender, age, involuntary police contact, personal victimization, and participants' perceptions of police legitimacy and positive intent....Results: Women had significantly higher perceptions of police legitimacy than did men (Hypothesis 1).

Jane E Hereth Jane E Hereth

This study examines transgender women's experiences with and perceptions about the police, including experiences of procedural injustice and how they impact police legitimacy and cynicism, among a racially diverse sample of transgender women living in Chicago.

Logan Ewanation,Evelyn M Maeder Logan Ewanation

We hypothesized that mock jurors with favorable perceptions of police legitimacy would be less likely to convict an officer charged with manslaughter....Results: We found significant effects of police legitimacy and defendant race on verdicts. The main effect was qualified by an interaction between juror race/ethnicity and defendant race. Simple-slope analyses revealed no effect of defendant race for White mock jurors....Mock jurors with more favorable perceptions of police legitimacy were significantly less likely to convict the officer and viewed his use of force as less excessive. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Kate Russell,Sally F Kelty,Nathan Scudder Kate Russell

The results showed more positive attitudes towards police legitimacy and procedural justice significantly predicted support, with the percentage level of positive support across the four case types as follows: cases involving a long-term missing child (89%), elderly adult with dementia (83%), young adult