Police self-legitimacy and democratic orientations: Assessing shared values
Using a sample of frontline police officers from several mid-sized municipal police departments in the United States, this study explores the relationships between frontline police officers’ self-legitimacy, organizational fit, moral alignment with policed communities, and attitudes toward democrati...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2021
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International journal of police science & management
Año: 2021, Volumen: 23, Número: 4, Páginas: 431-444 |
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| Sumario: | Using a sample of frontline police officers from several mid-sized municipal police departments in the United States, this study explores the relationships between frontline police officers’ self-legitimacy, organizational fit, moral alignment with policed communities, and attitudes toward democratic policing principles. Using partial least squares structural equation modeling, the analysis frames democratic policing using a formative latent construct to test several hypotheses. The results support a direct positive relationship between self-legitimacy and attitudes toward democratic policing, and suggest the relationship is partially mediated by officers' perceptions of moral alignment with their policed communities. The results further demonstrate that self-legitimacy is significantly related to organizational fit, but organizational fit does not appear to mediate the relationship between self-legitimacy and attitudes toward democratic policing. |
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| ISSN: | 1478-1603 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14613557211032603 |