Public satisfaction with police: using procedural justice to improve police legitimacy.(Australia)
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, April, 2007 by Hinds, Lyn; Murphy, Kristina
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Policing research and theory emphasises the importance of supportive relationships between police and the communities they serve in increasing police effectiveness in reducing crime and disorder. A key reason people support police is that they view police as legitimate. The existing research literature, primarily from the United States, indicates that the most important factor in public assessments of police legitimacy is procedural justice.
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The present study is the first in an Australian jurisdiction to examine the effect of procedural justice and police legitimacy on public ...
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