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 …

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 …

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a
relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in …

Legal socialization is the process by which children and adolescents acquire their law
related values, attitudes, and reasoning capacities. Such values and attitudes, in particular …

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 …

The May 2015 release of the report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
highlighted a fundamental change in the issues dominating discussions about policing in …

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 …

Any organization's success depends upon the voluntary cooperation of its members. But
what motivates people to cooperate? In Why People Cooperate, Tom Tyler challenges the …

This paper argues for the value of new approaches to policing in the United States and
Europe. These new approaches focus upon building police legitimacy among members of …

The legitimacy of legal authorities–particularly the police–is central to the state's ability to
function in a normatively justifiable and effective manner. Studies, mostly conducted in the …