This article reviews the evidence on whether procedurally just treatment of citizens by
agents of the criminal justice system, usually the police, has the effect of increasing the …

Can social–psychological theory provide insight into the extreme racial disparities in school
disciplinary action in the United States? Disciplinary problems carry enormous …

Research Summary In 2017, we published an essay (Nagin & Telep, 2017) that challenged
the widely held view that research had plausibly demonstrated that procedurally just …

Objectives We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize the published
and unpublished empirical evidence on the impact of police-led interventions that use …

What does it mean to trust the police? What makes the police legitimate in the eyes of the
policed? What builds trust, legitimacy and cooperation, and what undermines the bond …

Within policing research there is currently little research examining the role of procedural
justice in shaping legitimacy and considering their joint role in shaping compliance …

Legal authorities gain when they receive deference and cooperation from the public.
Considerable evidence suggests that the key factor shaping public behavior is the fairness …

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 …

This article makes three points. First, the police need public support and cooperation to be
effective in their order-maintenance role, and they particularly benefit when they have the …

The Police in America: An Introduction provides a comprehensive introduction to the
foundations of policing in the United States today. Descriptive and analytical, the text is …