RT Article
T1 Normative vs. Instrumental model of police legitimacy: examining the mediation effects of fear of sanction
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 48
IS 1
SP 95
OP 112
A1 Lee, Sunguook
A1 Callahan, Jason
A1 Kwak, Dae Hoon
A2 Callahan, Jason
A2 Kwak, Dae Hoon
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1878572199
AB The current study assesses the impact of fear of sanction on police legitimacy. Specifically, we examine both instrumental and normative police legitimacy by assessing the impact of procedural justice and police effectiveness as the predictor of perception of police legitimacy which ultimately leads to a sense of obligation to obey the police. Using a South Korean college sample (n = 2,188), we examine the mediation effect of fear of sanction on the antecedents of police legitimacy such as procedural justice and police effectiveness. The results indicate support for both instrumental and normative models of legitimacy, in that, procedural justice and police effectiveness were both significant predictors of perception of police legitimacy that leads to an increased sense of obligation to obey the police. However, fear of sanction failed to mediate the effects of procedural justice and police effectiveness on police legitimacy and obligation to obey.
K1 obligation to obey
K1 fear of sanction
K1 Police Legitimacy
K1 Police Effectiveness
K1 Procedural Justice
DO 10.1080/01924036.2022.2115523