"Damned if you do, damned if you don’t": perceptions of guns, safety, and legitimacy among detained gun offenders

Procedural justice research generally indicates that legitimacy produces compliance when people perceive the law and legal actors to be fair. Drawing upon 140 in-depth interviews with gun offenders detained in Los Angeles County jails, this article examines legal and extra-legal factors that influen...

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Main Author: Barragan, Melissa (Author)
Contributors: Sherman, Nicole ; Reiter, Keramet ; Tita, George E.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2016, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 140-155
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Legitimacy
Procedural Justice
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