Although police misconduct has interested policing scholars for many years, extant research been largely atheoretical and ignored the role of organizational justice in understanding behavior. This study uses survey data from a random sample 483 officers employed Philadelphia Police Department to explore misconduct. Results indicate that who view their agency as fair just managerial practices are less likely adhere code silence or believe corruption pursuit noble cause is justified....

Tyler’s process-based model of policing suggests that the police can enhance their perceived legitimacy and trustworthiness in eyes public when they exercise authority a procedurally fair manner. To date, most research has focused on sources while largely overlooking trust police. The present study extends this line literature by examining In particular, emerging revealed neighborhood context influences attitudes toward but much less attention been given to exploring role individuals’...

In response to increasing violent crime rates in several U.S. cities over the past year, some have pointed finger of blame at de-policing, a result so-called "Ferguson Effect." Although Ferguson Effect on remains an open question, there may also be other aspects police officers' jobs, such as willingness partner with community members. This study used data from cross-sectional survey 567 deputies agency southeastern accomplish 2 objectives: (a) determine whether is associated de-policing...

High-profile events involving police use of force in various cities throughout the US and internationally have garnered enormous media coverage demonstrated importance police-community relations. To date little empirical attention has focused on how such may negatively impact officers. Using survey data from 567 officers, this study considers whether perceptions negative publicity are adversely related to officers' sense self-legitimacy (i.e. confidence they their authority). Findings...

Prior research suggests that legal orientations (or domains of socialization), such as legitimacy and cynicism, influence compliance with the law criminal offending). The aim this study was to assess a potential threat internal validity these findings. Specifically, authors test whether one confounder, low self-control, attenuates observed effects on self-reported offending. Using cross-sectional survey data from 626 adult participants, results regression models show offending is...

Research has shown a link between digital piracy and self-control. However, the research focuses on only one version of self-control theory. The purpose present study is to examine piracy. Using data from 358 college students, this shows that all 3 measures help us understand results indicate illuminating factors could be inhibitions developing strong social bonds can reduce likelihood

Policing experts have suggested that shifting from a warrior mindset – officers viewing themselves as warriors fighting crime to guardian valuing working with the public reduce is valuable method for improving police-community relations across United States. However, little empirical evidence has been used inform this debate. To address gap, we examined survey data two U.S. police departments assess validity of Warrior/Guardian framework. Factor analyses and mindsets are distinct, but...

Two arguments have been advanced regarding the effect of low self-control on religiosity-crime relationship. The first holds that explains both religiosity and criminal offending (the confounding hypothesis), whereas second posits promotes indirectly affects antisocial behavior mediation hypothesis). Both hypotheses predict observed is a spurious result individual variations in self-control. With cross-sectional survey data from university-based sample 769 adult participants, regression...

Policing has been the subject of intense public scrutiny for better part two years after several high-profile police killings unarmed African Americans across United States. The so extreme that some contend there is currently a "war on cops"—whereby citizens are emboldened by protests and negative media coverage police, lashing out assaulting officers more frequently. In response, it argued de-policing (i.e. avoiding proactive stops). We surveyed command-level from southeastern state about...

Journal Article I Learned It by Watching You: Legal Socialization and the Intergenerational Transmission of Legitimacy Attitudes Get access Scott E. Wolfe, Wolfe Search for other works this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kyle McLean, McLean Travis C. Pratt The British Criminology, Volume 57, Issue 5, September 2017, Pages 1123–1143, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azw038 Published: 07 April 2016

Controversial incidents involving uses of force by police in recent years have led to calls for improving officers’ de-escalation skills. A more fruitful approach training reform may be a broader focus on social interaction By viewing all police-citizen encounters as interactions that can either escalate toward or de-escalate away from the use force, develop what other fields call “deliberate, repetitive practice” framework. This article describes implementation randomized trial brought such...

Abstract Organizational justice has been shown to be an important predictor of criminal employees’ work‐related perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors. In this study, we take stock the organizational effect on work outcomes by subjecting literature a meta‐analysis. Multilevel modeling based 1,924 size estimates drawn from 143 studies (95 independent data sets) was used establish empirical status effect. The results indicate sizeable relationship between system employee (Mz = .256, CI [.230,...

Research Summary We conducted a randomized‐controlled trial (RCT) of social interaction training program to determine its effectiveness in improving attitudes and behaviors among police officers. Survey data series difference‐in‐difference tests found that participating the improved with treatment group officers placing higher priorities on procedurally fair communication during hypothetical officer–citizen encounter. An interrupted time‐series analysis official use‐of‐force reports provided...

Abstract Many U.S. cities witnessed both de‐policing and increased crime in 2020, yet whether the former contributed to latter remains unclear. Indeed, much of what is known about effects proactive policing on comes from studies that evaluated highly focused interventions atypical day‐to‐day policing, used as unit analysis, or could not rule out endogeneity. This study addresses each these issues, thereby advancing evidence base concerning crime. Leveraging two exogenous shocks presented by...

AbstractThe purpose of the present study is to contribute gap in literature by investigating hacking behaviors adolescents under age 18 and predictors these behaviors. In order better understand young people, we will be utilizing two criminological theories: General Theory Crime Social Learning Theory. Using data collected from high school students a rural county western North Carolina, results indicated that low self-control deviant peer association were fact associated with juveniles....

President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing recently endorsed procedural justice as a way to restore trust between police and communities. Yet police–citizen interactions vary immensely, research has yet give sufficient consideration the factors that might affect importance officers place exercising during interactions. Building examining "moral worthiness" judgments racial stereotyping among officers, we conducted two randomized experiments test whether suspect race demeanor...

Objectives: A body of literature has demonstrated that the perceived legitimacy legal authorities is an important predictor criminal offending. Criminal offending itself age-graded and good explanations should offer some insight for how it changes as individuals age. This article attempts to address this gap by developing testing seven hypotheses regarding over time. Method: Using panel data from Pathways Desistance study, a latent growth model (LGM) examines evaluations change adolescence...

We examined whether police officer self-legitimacy moderates the effect of supervisor procedural injustice on organizational trust. Data from a sample sheriff’s deputies ( N = 510) were used to test this question. Results multivariate models showed that (a) was associated with less trust among deputies, (b) positively in agency, and (c) conditioned These findings advance literature several ways. First, study provides one first empirical examinations trust—a concept widely studied...

Increased cell phone use among adolescents has created new opportunities for deviance and victimization in recent years. One teenage phone−based behavior that received increased attention from a variety of sources including public health researchers, parents, law enforcement is “sexting” (i.e., minor receiving sexually explicit photos or videos another adolescent adult via sending such material to teenager). Research revealed sexting risky form linked with host potential negative...