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Compliance with the Law and Policing by Consent: Notes on Police and Legal LegitimacyJonathan JacksonLondon School of Economics & Political Science: Department of Methodology Ben BradfordUniversity of Oxford - Centre for Criminology Mike HoughUniversity of London - Institute for Criminal Policy Research Katherine Helen MurrayUniversity of Edinburgh November 30, 2010 LEGITIMACY AND COMPLIANCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, A. Crawford, A. Hucklesby, eds., Routledge, pp. 29-49, 2010 Abstract: This article summarises ‘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. We define police legitimacy as obligation to obey and moral alignment. We link police legitimacy to legal legitimacy/cynicism, and both to compliance with the law. Some recent survey findings are presented in support of this perspective.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 18 Keywords: Compliance, Procedural Justice, Trust in the Police, Police Legitimacy, Legal Legitimacy and Cynicism JEL Classification: K40 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: December 1, 2010 ; Last revised: March 13, 2013Suggested CitationContact Information
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