Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy

• Main Author: Worden, Robert E. (auth)
• Other Authors: McLean, Sarah J. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Oakland, California University of California Press 2017
• Subjects: Criminology: legal aspects; procedural justice; relations; compstat; police management; police-community; sensemaking; loose coupling; police legitimacy; police behavior; police reform; Customer service; Schenectady; New York
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In the United States, the exercise of police authority-and the public's trust that police authority is used properly-is a recurring concern. Contemporary prescriptions for police reform hold that the public would trust the police more and feel a greater obligation to comply and cooperate if pol...