Compliance with the law and policing by consent: Notes on police and legal legitimacy

Legitimacy and Compliance in Criminal Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 29-49

  Jackson, Jonathan ^a   Bradford, Ben ^b   Hough, Mike ^c   Murray, Katherine ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Criminal Policy Research   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203113998     Document Type: Chapter

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