Explaining officer compliance: The importance of procedural justice and trust inside a police organization

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 442-463

  Haas, Nicole E ^a   Van Craen, Maarten ^b   Skogan, Wesley G ^c   Fleitas, Diego M ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Asociación para Políticas Públicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Compliance; police; procedural justice; social exchange; trust; use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939627162     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895814566288     Document Type: Article

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