RT Article
T1 Applying police legitimacy, cooperation, and collective security hypotheses to explain collective efficacy and violence across neighbourhoods
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 42
IS 4
SP 253
OP 272
A1 Kochel, Tammy Rinehart
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1753647045
AB This study examines views about police legitimacy and competence in neighbourhoods over time. The study compares theories about police legitimacy, the cooperation hypothesis, and the collective security hypothesis to predict violence. Findings suggest that when police legitimacy is deficient in neighbourhoods, a culture supportive of violence to resolve disputes may develop. Results show the importance of police competence to suppress violence and build collective efficacy. Finally, police are more successful in neighbourhoods that are collectively efficacious. The cooperation hypothesis is fully supported, but the collective security hypothesis and LaFree’s legitimacy theory receive partial support. Findings underscore the merit of examining neighbourhood consequences of police legitimacy, including how institutions, like police, can impact neighbourhood socialisation processes and are impacted by them.
K1 Police Legitimacy
K1 Collective Efficacy
K1 Collective security hypothesis
K1 cooperation hypothesis
K1 Neighbourhood
K1 Violence
DO 10.1080/01924036.2017.1310663