... interests. 20 06 2025 15 10 2025 11 02 2026 13 06 2026 14 06 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Police legitimacy Traffic stops Race Traffic stops are a key tool police departments use...

... Institutional theory Police legitimacy Racial disparities in pedestrian stops Regression discontinuity in time (RDiT) When George Floyd was killed in police custody on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, there were a series of intense protests against racially biased police violence across the nation (NYC...

... et al., 2014 , p. 292; emphasis added). © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Policing Public opinion Civic attitudes Police legitimacy Public perceptions of police legitimacy and procedural justice shape assessments...

...Amarat Zaatut; Shannon K. Jacobsen; Hannah K. Steinman Purpose While research on procedural justice and police legitimacy is substantial, little attention has been given to understanding these concepts within immigrant communities, especially those with high concentrations of Middle Eastern...

...Sunguook Lee; Dae-Hoon Kwak; Youngjae Yoo Purpose The procedural justice theory of police legitimacy has been examined extensively by previous scholars; yet more expansion of the legitimacy literature is warranted. Specifically, the current study examines the effects of institutional trust...

...Mustafa Demir Purpose This study examined whether officers’ perceptions of the effect of BWCs on procedural justice, police lawfulness, police legitimacy, compliance with police and law, and cooperation with police differed by type of law enforcement agency. Design/methodology/approach...

...Jeffrey T. Ward; J.Z. Bennett; Ajima Olaghere Purpose Recent scholarship calls for identifying conditions in which procedurally just treatment translate to increased police legitimacy. The present study draws on community justice and vitality and procedural justice literature to examine whether...

...Selye Lee Purpose While the significance of public cooperation for police effectiveness is widely acknowledged, less is known about factors associated with cooperation in hate crime cases. The current study aims to explore how individuals’ perspectives on police legitimacy, contact experience...

...Sung Lee; YeonSoo Kim Purpose This study aimed to expand the normative model of police legitimacy literature by assessing the impact of cultural values and their role as a driver of the perception of legitimacy. Specifically, the current study assessed cultural values like Confucianism...

... Survey data from FPRC attendees reported improvements in their perceptions of police legitimacy, trust in the police and procedural fairness—each of which are vital pathways to developing collaborative crime prevention initiatives in community-oriented policing. Qualitative interviews and field...

... their perceptions of cooperation with the police, particularly in relation to hate crimes, along with their perceptions of police legitimacy and other relevant factors. By focusing on this specific population, the study aims to shed light on their unique perspectives and contribute to a deeper understanding...

... Data from a survey experiment of Americans (n = 363) are used to explore whether BLM support moderates the effect of procedural justice on legitimacy. Findings Results suggest BLM support is negatively associated with encounter-specific perceptions of police legitimacy and provides tentative...

... of this study is to explore three perspectives on public cooperation with police simultaneously: (1) police legitimacy, (2) legal cynicism, and (3) neighborhood norms. Design/methodology/approach The data used in this study came from a survey conducted with 408 residents across three neighborhoods...

...Lisa M. Dario; Gabriel T. Cesar; Vaughn J. Crichlow Purpose The current and ongoing police legitimacy crises demand a renewed analysis of the police mission in American law enforcement. This research aims to examine the mission statements of a national sample of police agencies, and generates...

...Sung Uook Lee; Joseph Hamm; Yoon Ho Lee Purpose The majority of legitimacy research has been conducted in low-power distance societies such as America, England, Australia, etc. We test the relative impact of normative and instrumental judgments on police legitimacy in a high-power distance society...

..., by respondent race and year of survey (Racial differences in response to questions about racial bias are highly statistically significant across all survey years) Discrimination Police Public perceptions Police legitimacy Race Despite an international reputation as a racially tolerant...

...Sung Lee; Jina Lee Purpose The study aims to examine whether a baseline trait-level characteristic, in this case propensity to trust, impacts peoples' perception of procedural justice, police legitimacy, trustworthiness, obligation to obey and cooperation. Design/methodology/approach Using...

... 06 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Officer wellness Police training Police legitimacy Policing places a high degree of psychological and emotional strain on police officers (Monahan and Farmer, 1980 ; Violanti...

... Police legitimacy Chinese police Procedural justice Willingness to help the police A few studies have specifically shown a linkage between neighborhood contexts, police legitimacy (Gau et al., 2012 ; Nix et al., 2015) and willingness to cooperate with the police (Kochel, 2018...

.... Research limitations/implications This study identifies novel antecedents of police legitimacy and acceptance of force (i.e. binding and individualizing moral motives). Social implications This study provides insight into public attitudes regarding use of force. Originality/value This study...