RT Article
T1 Police legitimacy in Asia: findings from a multilevel hierarchical non-linear analysis
JF Policing and society
VO 29
IS 7
SP 765
OP 782
A1 Boateng, Francis D.
A2 Buckner, Zachary N.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/179640537X
AB Analysing data obtained from several sources, with more than 42,000 individuals nested in 28 Asian countries, a multilevel hierarchical non-linear analysis was conducted to assess the predictive powers of macro-level factors on police legitimacy. Results from the unconditional analysis suggest that a significant variation in police legitimacy was at country level. Of the individual predictors analysed, being exposed to the media and being employed showed positive relations with legitimacy. A perception of police illegitimacy was high among those who were fearful of terrorism and crime, were females, and were married. Among the country-level predictors, countries’ levels of democracy and peacefulness demonstrated a positive relationship with legitimacy, whereas institutional corruption and impact of terrorism showed negative link. Moreover, citizens living in absolute press freedom countries reported greater perceptions of police legitimacy. Policy implications of the findings are discussed.
K1 Police Legitimacy
K1 Democracy
K1 Peacefulness
K1 Press freedom
K1 Terrorism
K1 Asia
DO 10.1080/10439463.2017.1392959