The relationship between police procedural justice, police legitimacy, and people's willingness to cooperate with law enforcement: A meta-analysis

Bolger, P. Colin; Walters, Glenn D.

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2019.01.001

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“…Overall, research suggests that BIPOC individuals have more negative perceptions of police legitimacy than do White individuals (Fine et al, 2021; Gau & Brunson, 2010). People who perceive the police as more legitimate also tend to have more favorable interactions with law enforcement compared with those who have negative perceptions of police legitimacy (e.g., Bolger & Walters, 2019; Murphy et al, 2008; Tyler & Fagan, 2008). Furthermore, people with favorable beliefs concerning police legitimacy appear to perceive specific police use-of-force incidents as less excessive (Bradford et al, 2017; Gerber & Jackson, 2017; Reynolds et al, 2018).…”

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The influence of race on jurors’ perceptions of lethal police use of force.

Ewanation¹,

Maeder²

2023

Law and Human Behavior

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Objective: Many highly publicized police use-of-force encounters have recently occurred in the United States. This project primarily explored whether officer, juror, or victim race affects verdicts in trials involving police use of force. Hypotheses: Because of recent conflicting research surrounding race and juror decision-making, we conducted an exploratory analysis on the interactive effects of juror, victim, and defendant race. We hypothesized that mock jurors with favorable perceptions of police legitimacy would be less likely to convict an officer charged with manslaughter. Method: Four hundred sixteen (243 women, 170 men, three another gender; 263 White, 50 Asian, 44 Black, 41 Latine, four Native American, 14 another race/ethnicity) jury-eligible community members read a trial transcript involving a police officer charged with manslaughter, in which we manipulated victim and defendant race (Black, White), then rendered a verdict and answered a questionnaire. Results: We found significant effects of police legitimacy and defendant race on verdicts. The main effect was qualified by an interaction between juror race/ethnicity and defendant race. Simple-slope analyses revealed no effect of defendant race for White mock jurors. In comparison, Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) mock jurors were significantly more likely to convict a White than a Black defendant. We also observed significant effects of police legitimacy, defendant race, and victim race on perceptions of the officer's use of force. Conclusions: Our analyses revealed that mock jurors were significantly more punitive when the defendant was White compared with Black, and they perceived the officer's use of force as significantly more excessive when the officer was White or the victim was Black. These effects appear to be driven primarily by BIPOC jurors. Mock jurors with more favorable perceptions of police legitimacy were significantly less likely to convict the officer and viewed his use of force as less excessive. Public Significance StatementOur study provides evidence that despite explicit legal instructions regarding impartiality, factors such as defendant and victim race may influence mock jurors when rendering verdicts and evaluating trial evidence. The observed effects of juror race/ethnicity underscore the importance of diverse jury pools. Furthermore, we observed that mock jurors' attitudes concerning police legitimacy predicted their verdict decisions and perceptions of the officer's use of force. Thus, attorneys may wish to consider assessing attitudes toward police during the voir dire process of trials involving police officers as defendants.

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Section: Race and Juror Decision-makingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The influence of race on jurors’ perceptions of lethal police use of force.

Ewanation¹,

Maeder²

2023

Law and Human Behavior

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“…Peoples’ trust in governments and public institutions is considered an important resource for a state. For example, if an arrangement or an agency is considered fair and/or legitimate, this is correlated with peoples’ compliance with the law (Bolger and Walters, 2019). The general trust level in a society may be an indicator of how specific institutions, such as the police or health sector, are trusted (Newton and Zmerli, 2011, see Rothstein and Stolle, 2008).…”

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Populations trust in the child protection system: A cross-country comparison of nine high-income jurisdictions

Skivenes

Benbenishty

2022

Journal of European Social Policy

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In this study, we examine the trust placed by the populations of nine jurisdictions in their child protection systems. These systems protect children’s rights and grant authority for invasive interventions to curtail or even terminate parental rights and responsibilities. We have representative samples of the populations of each jurisdiction. The results show that about 40–50% of respondents express trust in the child protection agencies, social workers and judges who make decisions. There are clear differences between jurisdictions, with the Anglo-American countries at the lower end of the trust scale. Examining the impact of institutional context, we find that institutional context matters for the degree of peoples’ trust in the child protection system. This indicates that the typology of child protection systems has relevance, and more empirical studies are encouraged. Some demographic characteristics (age, having children, income, education) and ideological variables (political orientation) are also correlated with trust levels.

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“…In police-misconduct cases, both procedural- and distributive-justice concerns can influence judgments about an officer’s behavior (Engel, 2005). However, most of the literature has focused specifically on how procedural-justice concerns affect perceptions of police misconduct, legitimacy, and ultimately, community compliance (Bolger & Walters, 2019; Trinker et al, 2016; Wood et al, 2020). There are some practical reasons for the focus on procedure.…”

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How Do People Come to Judge What Is “Reasonable”? Effects of Legal and Sociological Systems on Human Psychology

Spruill

Lewis

2022

Perspect Psychol Sci

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How do people decide what is reasonable? People often have to make those judgments, judgments that can influence tremendously consequential decisions—such as whether to indict someone in a legal proceeding. In this article, we take a situated cognition lens to review and integrate findings from social psychology, judgment and decision-making, communication, law, and sociology to generate a new framework for conceptualizing judgments of reasonableness and their implications for how people make decisions, particularly in the context of the legal system. We theorize that differences in structural and social contexts create information asymmetries that shape people’s priors about what is and is not reasonable and how they update their priors in the face of new information. We use the legal system as a context for exploring the implications of the framework for both individual and collective decision-making and for considering the practical implications of the framework for inequities in law and social policy.

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The relationship between police procedural justice, police legitimacy, and people's willingness to cooperate with law enforcement: A meta-analysis

Cited by 141 publications

References 64 publications

The influence of race on jurors’ perceptions of lethal police use of force.

The influence of race on jurors’ perceptions of lethal police use of force.

Populations trust in the child protection system: A cross-country comparison of nine high-income jurisdictions

How Do People Come to Judge What Is “Reasonable”? Effects of Legal and Sociological Systems on Human Psychology

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