Legitimacy and policing

摘要: Successful policing relies on the ability of police to secure compliance and cooperation from public (Tyler, 1990). We all know that can, if they choose, use arrest, threat arrest graduated forms force obtain compliance. However, given obvious negative side effects force, coupled with their limited resources, must employ strategies do not rely solely unique legislated powers maintain order in society (Mastrofski, Snipes, & Supina, 1996; Tyler, Indeed, critiques about consequences (e.g. risk harm citizens) concerns concomitant result poor police-citizen relations point growing awareness amongst police, scholars policy makers importance procedurally just approaches as primary means enhancing perceptions legitimacy thereby generating (McCluskey, 2003; Sunshine