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PROFILING AND POLICE LEGITIMACY: PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, ATTRIBUTIONS OF MOTIVE, AND ACCEPTANCE OF POLICE AUTHORITY*

TYLER, TOM R., WAKSLAK, CHERYL J.·2004·Criminology
DOI 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2004.tb00520.x
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This paper reports the results of four studies that investigate racial profiling as an attribution about police motives. Each study explores, first, the types of police behavior that heighten or lessen the occurrence of profiling attributions and, second, the consequences of such attributions. Results support prior studies in finding that judgments about whether the police are profiling are associated with the level of public support for the police. The studies then extend the analysis of subjective profiling judgments by examining their antecedents. The findings support the procedural justice hypothesis that the fairness with which the police exercise their authority influences whether members of the public view the police as profiling.

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  • Tattered faith in officers' ability to carry out their duties fairly and equitably can spark a decline in public support for police organizations.

    “Prior research has documented that tattered faith in officers' ability to carry out their duties fairly and equitably can spark a decline in public support for police organizations (Sunshine & Tyler, 2003;Tyler & Wakslak, 2004)”

    From Procedural Justice and Order Maintenance Policing: A Study of Inner‐City Young Men’s Perceptions of Police Legitimacy (2010) · cites this paper as Tyler & Wakslak, 2004

  • People who feel they have been dealt with in a procedurally fair way are less likely to believe they have been personally singled out and more likely to accept decisions made by authorities.

    “People who feel they have been dealt with in a procedurally fair way are less likely to believe that they have been personally singled out (e.g., racially profiled) and are more likely to accept the decisions (e.g., fine or sentence) made by authorities (Tyler & Wakslak, 2004).”

    From Legitimacy in Policing: A Systematic Review (2013) · cites this paper as Tyler & Wakslak, 2004

  • People who believe that the police engage in unfair practices, such as racially discriminatory policing, express much lower support for and trust in the police.

    “Conversely, people who believe that the police engage in unfair practices, such as racially discriminatory policing, express much lower support for and trust in the police (Tyler & Wakslak, 2004).”

    From Procedural Justice and Order Maintenance Policing: A Study of Inner‐City Young Men’s Perceptions of Police Legitimacy (2010) · cites this paper as Tyler & Wakslak, 2004

  • Police actions do not necessarily have to be unfair for people to perceive them as such.

    “It is worth noting that police actions do not necessarily have to be unfair for people to perceive them as such (Brunson, 2007;Piquero, Gomez-Smith, & Langton, 2004;Tyler & Wakslak, 2004;Weitzer & Tuch, 2002).”

    From Procedural Justice and Order Maintenance Policing: A Study of Inner‐City Young Men’s Perceptions of Police Legitimacy (2010) · cites this paper as Tyler & Wakslak, 2004

  • These types of police behaviors directly contravene the concept of procedural justice.

    “These types of police behaviors directly contravene the concept of procedural justice.”

    From Procedural Justice and Order Maintenance Policing: A Study of Inner‐City Young Men’s Perceptions of Police Legitimacy (2010) · cites this paper as Tyler & Wakslak, 2004

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Authors
TYLER, T. R., & WAKSLAK, C. J.
Affiliations
New York University (US)
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Venue
Criminology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2004-05
Volume
42
Issue
2
Pages
253-282
ISSN
  • 0011-1384 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-9125
DOI
10.1111/j.1745-9125.2004.tb00520.x
OpenAlex
W2049201463
Cited by
655
References
3
Citations by year
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FWCI
64.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 675 d)
Locations
Criminology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Keywords
racial profiling, police legitimacy, procedural justice, public support for police, police behavior

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