Monopolizing force? Police legitimacy and public attitudes toward the acceptability of violence

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 479-497

  Jackson, Jonathan ^a   Huq, Aziz Z ^b   Bradford, Ben ^c   Tyler, Tom R ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward violence; Institutional legitimacy; Policing; Procedural justice; Public trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887611684     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033852     Document Type: Article

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