RT Article
T1 Police legitimacy and resident cooperation in crime hotspots: effects of victimisation risk and collective efficacy
JF Policing and society
VO 28
IS 3
SP 251
OP 270
A1 Kochel, Tammy Rinehart
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1801675430
AB This study focuses on police legitimacy and cooperation in high-crime neighbourhoods. Residents’ perceptions of victimisation risk and reduced collective efficacy are investigated as potential threats that may promote police legitimacy and cooperation. An integrated model applying systems justification theory, along with the instrumental and process models, provides potential mechanisms for understanding legitimacy and cooperation in crime hot spots. The multi-level regression analysis uses 947 surveys conducted in 71 crime hot spots. Results demonstrate the value of diffuse support for police and uphold the procedural justice and instrumental models of legitimacy in high-crime contexts. Results also support that risk and collective efficacy affect views. Findings point to the importance of how perceptions about context may foster a perceived dependence on police and, through this mechanism, promote cooperation. Results point to the value of further investigating risk, parochialism, and other aspects of context on police legitimacy and cooperation in future research.
K1 Police Legitimacy
K1 Collective Efficacy
K1 Victimisation risk
K1 High crime
DO 10.1080/10439463.2016.1174235