Public trust and confidence in legal authorities: What do majority and minority group members want from the law and legal institutions?

By Tom Tyler. Behavioral sciences & the law, 2001

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Law, Sociology and Political Science

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Trust in the Police in 16 European Countries (2007, background): “The same kinds of observation have also been made in examinations of trust in the judicial system or police services in particular: even if the decisions and measures are negative from an individual point of view, what is most important for citizens is to feel that they have been treated fairly and ”
Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Perceptions of the Police (2012, background): “Along these lines, police departments should be constantly aware of racial differences in citizens’ perceptions of officer behavior, and be sensitive to citizens’ judgments of procedural fairness in addition to fairness of stop outcomes (Engel, 2005; Tyler, 1990, 2001, 2004).”
The Construct Validity and Refinement of Process-Based Policing Measures (2007, methodology): “94): Obligation to Obey the Law (4-item scale), Trust in the Institution of Policing (9-item scale), and Affective Feelings Toward the Police (6-item scale; see also, Tyler & Wakslak, 2004).(1) Sunshine and Tyler’s (2003b) NYC sample from 2002 also contained 19 survey items, but these items only ref”
Restorative Justice and Procedural Justice: Dealing with Rule Breaking (2006, background): “Beyond particular experiences, people are generally more likely to regard the police as legitimate if they believe that the police exercise their authority through fair procedures (Sunshine & Tyler, 2003a; Tyler, 2001).”
Global and Neighborhood Attitudes Toward the Police: Differentiation by Race, Ethnicity and Type of Contact (2005, background): “... calls upon the police to encourage resident participation in the ‘‘co-production’’ of public safety (Cordner, 1998; Rosenbaum, 1994; Skogan, 2003), but the public’s willingness to cooperate with law enforcement (as crime reporters, informants, problem solvers, law abiders, taxpayers, etc) seems ”
Trust in the Police (2015, positive): “…to that used in prior research on trust in the police and measures the degree to which respondents feel that local police officers’ motives and future behavior will be guided by benevolent concerns about the larger community and its citizens (Tyler, 2001, 2005; Tyler & Huo, 2002; Wu & Sun, 2009).”
Contact and confidence: revisiting the impact of public encounters with the police (2009, background): “Tyler 2001 , Tyler and Fagan 2006 ; see also Mastrofski et al.”
The Effects of Security Threats on Antecedents of Police Legitimacy (2011, background): “Such policies were supported despite their potential conflict with important elements of procedural justice, such as transparency, polite and dignified treatment, and citizen participation (see Tyler 2001, 2004).”
Shaping Citizen Perceptions of Police Legitimacy: A Randomized Field Trial of Procedural Justice (2013, background): “…and compliance because it reflects an individual’s own values rather than a reliance on outcomes to regulate behavior (Hinds and Murphy, 2007; Tyler, 2001), signifying an important social value that can be called on to gain public compliance and cooperation (Tyler, 2006; Tyler and Huo,…”
Social identity contingencies: how diversity cues signal threat or safety for African Americans in mainstream institutions. (2008, background): “People trust settings that are impartial, that are consistent with a person’s values, and that convey belongingness (Buchan, Croson, & Dawes, 2002; Tyler, 2001).”