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Encouraging public cooperation and support for police

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Murphy, Kristina, Hinds, Lyn, Fleming, Jenny·2008·Policing and Society
DOI 10.1080/10439460802008660
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This paper explores how to increase public cooperation and support for police. To date, only a few studies have attempted to explore the role that procedural justice plays in shaping the public's willingness to assist police in crime control. The present study explores this much neglected field of research using both crosssectional survey data and panel data. The study finds that views about police legitimacy do influence public cooperation with the police, and that those who view the police as more legitimate are more likely to assist police to control crime. The key antecedent of legitimacy is procedural justice; those who are more likely to believe police use procedural justice in their dealings with the public are more likely to perceive police as legitimate.

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  • If police are evaluated as exercising their authority fairly, they are viewed as more legitimate.

    “In a general sense, we do know that if the police are evaluated as exercising their authority fairly, they are viewed as more legitimate (see Elliott, Thomas, & Ogloff, 2011;Fischer et al., 2008;Murphy, Hinds, & Fleming, 2008;Reisig, Bratton, & Gertz, 2007).”

    From Legitimacy in Policing: A Systematic Review (2013) · cites this paper as Murphy, Hinds, & Fleming, 2008

  • Procedurally just encounters influence changes in general perceptions of police legitimacy over time, and perceptions of police legitimacy subsequently influence cooperation with police.

    “Murphy and colleagues (2008), for example, examined the impact of a community policing intervention on perceptions of police legitimacy and cooperation with police, finding that procedurally just encounters influenced changes in general perceptions of police legitimacy over time, and that perceptions of police legitimacy subsequently influenced cooperation with police.”

    From Legitimacy in Policing: A Systematic Review (2013) · cites this paper as Murphy et al., 2008

  • Inflated by 25 percent to render the index comparable to five-point scales, means of 3.5 and 3.8 are similar to levels of legitimacy reported by Tyler and Fagan (2008), Murphy and Cherney (2012), and Murphy et al. (2008).

    “Inflated (by 25 percent) to render the index comparable to five-point scales formed in previous research, the means of 3.5 and 3.8 are similar to the levels of legitimacy reported by Tyler and Fagan (2008), Murphy and Cherney (2012), and Murphy et al. (2008).”

    From Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy (2017) · cites this paper as Murphy et al. 2008

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Authors
Murphy, K., Hinds, L., & Fleming, J.
Affiliations
  • Deakin University (AU)
  • Australian National University (AU)
Corresponding author
Murphy, Kristina
ORCID
Venue
Policing and Society
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2008-05-23
Volume
18
Issue
2
Pages
136-155
ISSN
  • 1043-9463 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-2728
DOI
10.1080/10439460802008660
OpenAlex
W2054992558
Cited by
361
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 35 · 2012: 15
FWCI
54.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Policing & Society (publishedVersion)
  • eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) (submittedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
  • Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
Funders
Australian Research Council
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
Keywords
public cooperation with police, police legitimacy, procedural justice, public support for police, crime control, police-public relations, public trust in police

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