This book updates the recent quantitative and qualitative, empirical and theoretical literature on legitimacy, focusing on how it can be measured in diversified research environments. Highlighting the different measurements and the critique surrounding them, this volume is a coherent and systematic guide to theory on legitimacy. This book is divided into three sections:
- Theoretical framework
- Legitimacy and its measures
- Legitimacy International
Within these three parts, individual chapters are expected to provide in-depth analysis of core topics, including development, measurement, and cultural disparities, and collectively represent a comprehensive review of legitimacy in theory and in methodology in the global context.
The book is ideal for researchers and graduate criminology and criminal justice students.
Author(s): Liqun Cao
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 174
City: Cham
Preface
References
Contents
Contributors
Part I: Theoretical Frame of Legitimacy
Chapter 1: Historical Themes of Legitimacy
Resuscitating the Attention to the Nature of Police Work
Tapping into Measures of Police Legitimacy
Policing the Racially and Economically Stratified Societies
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Legitimacy and Its Critiques – A Cautionary Note
The Process-Based Model of Policing: Procedural Justice Theory
Empirical Evidence
Cautionary Notes: Definitional, Conceptual, and Operational Debates
Cautions Within the Construct of Procedural Justice
Cautions within the Construct of Legitimacy
Cautions with Exogenous Variables: Cooperation and Compliance
Future Directions
Definitions and Conceptualizations of Key Constructs
Operationalization of Key Constructs
Theoretical Advancement of Procedural Justice Theory
Diversification in Methodologies to Understand Perspectives
Robust Research Designs to Test Theoretical Models
Advancements Leveraging Law Enforcement-Researcher Partnerships
Conclusion
References
Part II: Legitimacy and Its Measures
Chapter 3: The Meaning and Measurement of Legitimacy in Criminal Justice Scholarship
Introduction
What Is Legitimacy?
The Meaning of Legitimacy in Criminal Justice Scholarship
Tyler and Colleagues
Jackson and Colleagues
Tankebe and Colleagues
Summary
The Measurement of Legitimacy in Criminal Justice Scholarship
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Legitimacy and Its Consequences: With a Special Gaze at Race/Ethnicity
Introduction
Theoretical Underpinning of Racial and Ethnic Effects
Consequences of Police Legitimacy
Cooperation, Compliance, and Empowerment
Do Race and Ethnicity Matter
Legitimacy as the Outcome Variable
The Impact of Race/Ethnicity on Consequences of Legitimacy
Discussion
References
Chapter 5: Protest Movement and Legitimacy in Democracy – Reflections in the Era of Black Lives Matter
Introduction
Legitimacy, Procedural Justice, and Social Movements
Protest Policing
Legitimacy and the BLM Movement
Conclusion and Implications
References
Chapter 6: Future Research on Legitimacy and Its Measures
Introduction
Legitimacy in Government
Legitimacy in Policing
Problems with Conceptualization and Measurement of Legitimacy
Legitimacy as Institutionally Unique
Legitimacy as Culturally Unique
Legitimacy as Group-based
Conclusion
References
Part III: Legitimacy International
Chapter 7: Empirical Studies of Police Legitimacy in the West: Key Findings and Innovation
Introduction
Research on Police Legitimacy: Considering Antecedents and Consequences of Police Legitimacy
Early Research on Police Legitimacy
Additional Antecedents and Consequences of Police Legitimacy
Police Legitimacy Research Across Different Population Groups and Policing Contexts
Police Legitimacy in the Neighborhood Context
Methodological Approaches Used in Police Legitimacy Research
Survey Methodology: The Most Common Approach
Systematic Observation Methodology
Interview and Focus-Group Methodology
Randomized Experimental Methodology
Future Directions for Police Legitimacy Research
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Exploration of Legitimacy in East Asia
Introduction
Values of Focusing on East Asian Societies
Characteristics of East Asian Societies: China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea
China
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Where Do East Asian Societies Rank in Confidence in the Police?
Police Legitimacy in East Asian Countries
China
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Application of Legitimacy in Africa and Latin America
Introduction
Factors Affecting Confidence in the Police in Cross-national Studies
Africa
Conclusions
References
Index
