RT Article
T1 Examining the Effects of Perceptions of Police Effectiveness, Procedural Justice, and Legitimacy on Racial Differences in Anticipated Cooperation With Law Enforcement in Pennsylvania
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 34
IS 6
SP 511
OP 533
A1 Kruis, Nathan E.
A1 Donohue, Richard H.
A1 Glunt, Nicholas
A1 Rowland, Nicholas J.
A1 Choi, Jaeyong
A2 Donohue, Richard H.
A2 Glunt, Nicholas
A2 Rowland, Nicholas J.
A2 Choi, Jaeyong
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/187094710X
AB Perceptions of law enforcement ineffectiveness, injustice, and illegitimacy are prevalent among individuals living in Black communities in the United States. Prior research links these attitudes with differential orientations toward cooperation with police. The current study used data collected from a representative sample of 522 Pennsylvania residents to measure public perceptions of police. Analyses examined racial differences in perceptions of police and determined whether normative (i.e., perceptions of procedural justice) and/or instrumental (i.e., perceptions of police effectiveness) assessments of police could explain racial differences in anticipated cooperation with law enforcement through perceptions of legitimacy. Findings revealed the presence of a significant indirect relationship between race and perceptions of legitimacy through perceptions of police effectiveness and procedural justice, as well as a significant indirect relationship between race and cooperation through police effectiveness, procedural justice, and legitimacy. Theoretical and practical implications stemming from these findings are discussed within.
K1 normative assessments
K1 instrumental assessments
K1 Perceptions of police
K1 Police Legitimacy
K1 Race and policing
DO 10.1177/08874034231199922