RT Article
T1 Willingness to cooperate with police: a population-based study of Australian young adult illicit stimulant users
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 17
IS 3
SP 301
OP 318
A1 Leslie, Ellen M.
A2 Konitzer-Smirnov, Andrew
A2 Cherney, Adrian
A2 Kemp, Robert
A2 Najman, Jake M.
A2 Wells, Helene
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1741005922
AB While procedural justice has been highlighted as a key strategy for promoting cooperation with police, little is known about this model’s applicability to subgroups engaged in illegal behaviour, such as illicit drug users. This study compares willingness to cooperate with police and belief in police legitimacy, procedural justice and law legitimacy among a population-based sample of Australian young adult amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS; i.e. ecstasy and methamphetamine) users and non-users. We then examine predictors of willingness to cooperate among ATS users. ATS users were significantly less willing to cooperate with police and had significantly lower perceptions of police legitimacy, procedural justice and law legitimacy, compared to non-users. However, belief in police legitimacy independently predicted willingness to cooperate among ATS users. We set out to discuss the implications of these findings for policing, including the role of procedural justice in helping police deliver harm reduction strategies.
K1 Cooperation with police
K1 Ecstasy (MDMA)
K1 Methamphetamine
K1 Procedural justice
K1 Young adult
DO 10.1177/1748895816671382