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Tom Tyler

Yale University - Law School

Sr Research Scientist Law School, Professor of Law and Psychology

P.O. Box 208215

New Haven, CT 06520-8215

United States

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1.

Why Do People Comply with the Law? Legitimacy and the Influence of Legal Institutions

British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 1051-1071, 2012
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 31 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2013
Jonathan Jackson, Ben Bradford, Mike Hough, Andy Myhill, Paul Quinton and Tom Tyler
London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology, University of Oxford - Centre for Criminology, University of London - Institute for Criminal Policy Research, College of Policing, National Policing Improvement Agency and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 913 (14,626)
Citation 7

Abstract:

Public confidence, trust, legitimacy, compliance

2.

Future Challenges in the Study of Legitimacy and Criminal Justice

Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 264
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 01 May 2013
Tom Tyler and Jonathan Jackson
Yale University - Law School and London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology
Downloads 373 (44,233)
Citation 6

Abstract:

Public confidence, trust, police legitimacy, cooperation, contact with the police

3.

Street Stops and Police Legitimacy: Teachable Moments in Young Urban Men’s Legal Socialization

Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 302, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 476, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-380
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 07 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2014
Tom Tyler, Jeffrey Fagan and Amanda Geller
Yale University - Law School, Columbia Law School and NYU Department of Sociology
Downloads 359 (42,811)

Abstract:

stop and frisk, policing, legitimacy, compliance, criminal behavior

4.

American Policing at a Crossroads

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Forthcoming, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-55, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 337
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2011
Stephen Schulhofer, Tom Tyler and Aziz Z. Huq
New York University School of Law, Yale University - Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads 357 (62,647)
Citation 9

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Legitimacy and Deterrence Effects in Counter-Terrorism Policing: A Study of Muslim Americans

Law and Society Review, Forthcoming , U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 296, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-15
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Mar 2010
Tom Tyler, Stephen Schulhofer and Aziz Z. Huq
Yale University - Law School, New York University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads 318 (70,412)
Citation 9

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Using Empirical Research to Design Government Citizen Participation Processes: A Case Study of Citizens' Roles in Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

Kansas Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2008, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 270, 2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, FSU College of Law, Law and Economics Paper No. 07-014
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2013
Tom Tyler and David L. Markell
Yale University - Law School and Florida State University - College of Law
Downloads 280 (81,235)
Citation 2

Abstract:

environmental enforcement, procedural preferences, procedural justice

7.

Lawful or Fair? How Cops and Laypeople View Good Policing

Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 255
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2014
Tracey L. Meares, Tom Tyler and Jacob Gardener
Yale University - Law School, Yale University - Law School and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 273 (51,868)

Abstract:

police misconduct, public perceptions of criminal justice, legitimacy, procedural justice, racial profiling, criminal procedure

8.

Psychology of Procedural Justice and Cooperation

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, edited by G. Bruinsma and D. Weisburd, Springer-Verlag, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2013
Tom Tyler, Jonathan Jackson and Ben Bradford
Yale University - Law School, London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology and University of Oxford - Centre for Criminology
Downloads 259 (70,669)
Citation 1

Abstract:

cooperation, procedural justice, trust in the police, police legitimacy, normative commitment, social capital

9.

Monopolizing Force? Police Legitimacy and Public Attitudes toward the Acceptability of Violence

Psychology, Public Policy and Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 10 May 2013
Jonathan Jackson, Aziz Z. Huq, Ben Bradford and Tom Tyler
London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology, University of Chicago - Law School, University of Oxford - Centre for Criminology and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 253 (91,765)
Citation 2

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Attitudes towards violence, public trust, procedural justice, institutional legitimacy

10.

The Paradox of Law Enforcement in Immigrant Communities: Does Tough Immigration Enforcement Undermine Public Safety?

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 11-281
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Oct 2011
David Kirk, Andrew V. Papachristos, Jeffrey Fagan and Tom Tyler
University of Oxford, Yale University - Department of Sociology, Columbia Law School and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 247 (78,107)

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Why Does the Public Cooperate with Law Enforcement? The Influence of the Purposes and Targets of Policing

Psychology, Public Policy & Law, Forthcoming , University of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 339, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-11
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Feb 2011
Aziz Z. Huq, Tom Tyler and Stephen Schulhofer
University of Chicago - Law School, Yale University - Law School and New York University School of Law
Downloads 242 (92,846)
Citation 2

Abstract:

procedural justice, legitimacy, policing, terrorism

12.

Popular Legitimacy and the Exercise of Legal Authority: Motivating Compliance, Cooperation and Engagement

Forthcoming in Psychology, Public Policy and Law, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 306, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 477
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 12 May 2014
Tom Tyler and Jonathan Jackson
Yale University - Law School and London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology
Downloads 232 (81,520)

Abstract:

legitimacy, compliance, cooperation, community engagement

13.

On the Justification and Recognition of Police Power: Broadening the Concept of Police Legitimacy

Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 251, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 32/2012
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2012
Jonathan Jackson, Ben Bradford, Mike Hough, Andy Myhill, Paul Quinton and Tom Tyler
London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology, University of Oxford - Centre for Criminology, University of London - Institute for Criminal Policy Research, College of Policing, National Policing Improvement Agency and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 221 (100,353)

Abstract:

public confidence, trust, legitimacy, cooperation, contact with the police

14.

The Public Regulation of Land Use Decisions: Criteria for Evaluating Alternative Procedures

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The Public Regulation of Land Use Decisions: Criteria for Evaluating Alternative Procedures

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, p. 538, 2010, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 390, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 09-24
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2013
Tom Tyler and David L. Markell
Yale University - Law School and Florida State University - College of Law
Downloads 216 (115,421)

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The Public Regulation of Land-Use Decisions: Criteria for Evaluating Alternative Procedures

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, Issue 3, pp. 538-573, September 2010
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Tom Tyler and David L. Markell
Yale University - Law School and Florida State University - College of Law
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Mechanisms for Eliciting Cooperation in Counter-Terrorism Policing: Evidence from the United Kingdom

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 340, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-12
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2011
Aziz Z. Huq, Tom Tyler and Stephen Schulhofer
University of Chicago - Law School, Yale University - Law School and New York University School of Law
Downloads 216 (106,079)

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16.

What has Love Got to Do with It?: Sentimental Attachments and Legal Decision-Making

Villanova Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2012, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper, No. 534
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2012
David L. Markell, Tom Tyler and Sarah F. Brosnan
Florida State University - College of Law, Yale University - Law School and Georgia State University
Downloads 140 (161,493)

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17.

Aggressive Policing and the Mental Health of Young Urban Men

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Aggressive Policing and the Mental Health of Young Urban Men

American Journal of Public Health. Posted online ahead of print, October 16, 2014., Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-382
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014
Amanda Geller, Jeffrey Fagan, Tom Tyler and Bruce G. Link
NYU Department of Sociology, Columbia Law School, Yale University - Law School and Columbia University - Department of Epidemiology
Downloads 97 (226,239)

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Aggressive Policing and the Mental Health of Young Urban Men

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-382
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2014
Amanda Geller, Jeffrey Fagan, Tom Tyler and Bruce G. Link
NYU Department of Sociology, Columbia Law School, Yale University - Law School and Columbia University - Department of Epidemiology
Downloads 29 (407,874)

Abstract:

mental health, policing

18.

Compliance and Legal Authority

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition (2014 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2014
Jonathan Jackson, Tom Tyler, Mike Hough, Ben Bradford and Avital Mentovich
London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology, Yale University - Law School, University of London - Institute for Criminal Policy Research, University of Oxford - Centre for Criminology and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Psychology
Downloads 114 (157,818)

Abstract:

procedural justice, crime, compliance, legal authority, legitimacy, cooperation, deterrence

19.

How Do the Courts Create Popular Legitimacy?: The Role of Establishing the Truth, Punishing Justly, and/or Acting through Just Procedures

Tom Tyler & Justin Sevier, How Do the Courts Create Popular Legitimacy?: The Role of Establishing the Truth, Punishing Justly, and/or Acting Through Just Procedures, 77 ALB. L. REV __ (2014).
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2014
Tom Tyler and Justin Sevier
Yale University - Law School and Florida State University - College of Law
Downloads 113 (154,385)

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Thinking about Judges and Judicial Performance: Perspective of the Public and Court Users

Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol. 4, No. 5, 2014,
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Dec 2014
David Rottman and Tom Tyler
National Center for State Courts and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 102 (125,409)

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Judicial Performance Evaluation, judges, measurement, procedural fairness, Evaluación del rendimiento judicial, jueces, medición, legitimidad procesal

21.

Mandated Justice: The Potential Promise and Possible Pitfalls of Mandating Procedural Justice in the Workplace

Regulation and Governance, 2011, 3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Papers
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 May 2008 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2013
Yuval Feldman and Tom Tyler
Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Law and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 100 (204,504)
Citation 1

Abstract:

procedural justice, social norms, goverment intervention, compliance, workplace justice

22.

Enacting Justice: The Interplay of Individual and Institutional Perspectives

THE SAGE HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Michael Hogg, Joel Cooper, eds., pp. 458-476, Sage, 2003
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Aug 2008
John M. Darley, Tom Tyler and Kenworthey Bilz
Princeton University, Yale University - Law School and University of Illinois College of Law
Downloads 97 (194,258)
Citation 1

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The Consequences of Being an Object of Suspicion: Potential Pitfalls of Proactive Police Contact

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The Consequences of Being an Object of Suspicion: Potential Pitfalls of Proactive Police Contact

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Jun 2015
Tom Tyler, Jonathan Jackson and Avital Mentovich
Yale University - Law School, London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Psychology
Downloads 83 (250,691)

Abstract:

legitimacy, procedural justice, policing, trust

The Consequences of Being an Object of Suspicion: Potential Pitfalls of Proactive Police Contact

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 602-636, 2015
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 Oct 2015
Tom Tyler, Jonathan Jackson and Avital Mentovich
Yale University - Law School, London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Psychology
Downloads 1 (568,437)

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Measuring Self-Control

NBER Working Paper No. w10514
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Jun 2004
John Ameriks, Andrew Caplin, John V. Leahy and Tom Tyler
The Vanguard Group, Inc., New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 78 (248,527)
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The Salience of Social Contextual Factors in Appraisals of Police Interactions with Citizens: A Randomized Factorial Experiment

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-381, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 471, Yale Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 506
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Mar 2014
Anthony A. Braga, Christopher Winship, Tom Tyler, Jeffrey Fagan and Tracey L. Meares
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Department of Sociology, Yale University - Law School, Columbia Law School and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 55 (259,941)

Abstract:

police legitimacy, procedural justice, priming, randomized factorial experiment

26.

Punishing Collective Entities

Journal of Law and Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 May 2014 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2015
Tom Tyler and Avital Mentovich
Yale University - Law School and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Psychology
Downloads 32 (349,324)

Abstract:

Punishment, Collevtive Entities, Procedural Justice

27.

My Life for a Voice: The Influence of Voice on Health-Care Decisions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 May 2014
Avital Mentovich, Eunho Rhee and Tom Tyler
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Psychology, New York University (NYU) - Department of Psychology and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 18 (425,888)

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Procedural Justice; Voice; Tradeoffs; Healthcare

28.

Mechanisms for Eliciting Cooperation in Counterterrorism Policing: Evidence from the United Kingdom

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 728-761, 2011
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Oct 2011
Aziz Z. Huq, Tom Tyler and Stephen Schulhofer
University of Chicago - Law School, Yale University - Law School and New York University School of Law
Downloads 1 (531,350)

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Legal Socialization: Coercion Versus Consent in an Era of Mistrust

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 12, pp. 417-439, 2016
Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Rick Trinkner and Tom Tyler
Arizona State University and Yale University - Law School

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Expanding ‘Appropriate’ Police Behavior Beyond Procedural Justice: Bounded Authority & the Legitimation of the Law

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Oct 2016
Rick Trinkner, Jonathan Jackson and Tom Tyler
Arizona State University, London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 0 (237,841)

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Procedural justice, Legal socialization, Legitimacy, Public contact with the police, Trust, Compliance, Policing by consent

31.

Street Stops and Police Legitimacy in New York

Jeffrey Fagan, Tom R. Tyler, and Tracey L. Meares, Street Stops and Police Legitimacy in New York, in Jacqueline E. Ross and Thierry Delpeuch (eds.), Comparing the Democratic Governance of Police Intelligence: New Models of Participation and Expertise in the United States and Europe 203 (2016)., Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-514, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 547
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2016
Jeffrey Fagan, Tom Tyler and Tracey L. Meares
Columbia Law School, Yale University - Law School and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 0 (168,058)

Abstract:

police, crime, new policing, street stops, SQF

32.

Street Stops and Police Legitimacy: Teachable Moments in Young Urban Men's Legal Socialization

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pp. 751-785, 2014
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Oct 2014
Tom Tyler, Jeffrey Fagan and Amanda Geller
Yale University - Law School, Columbia Law School and NYU Department of Sociology
Downloads 0 (540,249)

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The Consequence of Being a Target of Suspicion: Potential Pitfalls of Proactive Policing

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Jul 2014
Tom Tyler, Jonathan Jackson and Avital Mentovich
Yale University - Law School, London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Psychology
Downloads 0 (401,822)

Abstract:

policing; trust; broken windows; zero tolerance; stop; question and frisk

34.

Going Outside the Law: The Role of the State in Forming Attitudes to Extralegal Violence

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Jul 2011
Aziz Z. Huq, Tom Tyler, Jonathan Jackson and Ben Bradford
University of Chicago - Law School, Yale University - Law School, London School of Economics & Political Science - Department of Methodology and University of Oxford - Centre for Criminology
Downloads 0 (436,158)

Abstract:

Violence, policing, procedural justice, terrorism

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