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Policing by consent: understanding the dynamics of police power and legitimacy

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  • Jackson, Jonathan
  • Hough, Mike
  • Bradford, Ben
  • Hohl, Katrin
  • Kuha, Jouni

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This is the first of the country-specific European Social Survey topline results reports. Focusing on UK data from the Round 5 module entitled ‘trust in justice,' we link people’s perceptions of police legitimacy to their compliance with the law and their willingness to cooperate with the police and criminal courts. We also extend the existing literature by addressing wider forms of trust and people’s attachment to order and security. Framing the findings in the context of a long and rich history of policing by consent, we show the value of the European Social Survey in shaping public policy, practice and debate.

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  • Jackson, Jonathan & Hough, Mike & Bradford, Ben & Hohl, Katrin & Kuha, Jouni, 2012. "Policing by consent: understanding the dynamics of police power and legitimacy," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 47220, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:47220
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    1. Ben Bradford & Aziz Huq & Jonathan Jackson & Benjamin Roberts, 2014. "What price fairness when security is at stake? Police legitimacy in South Africa," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 8(2), pages 246-268, June.
    2. repec:lib:00johs:v:16:y:2020:i:2:p:165-178 is not listed on IDEAS
    3. Thomas C. O'Brien & Tom R. Tyler & Tracey L. Meares, 2020. "Building popular legitimacy with reconciliatory gestures and participation: A community‐level model of authority," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(4), pages 821-839, October.
    4. Jackson, Jonathan & Bradford, Ben & Hough, Mike & Carrillo, Stephany, 2014. "Extending procedural justice theory: a Fiducia report on the design of new survey indicators," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 62237, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    5. Alvaro Morcillo, 2013. "Cooperation with the police in a diverse society: the case of South Africa," NCID Working Papers 09/2013, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra.

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    • K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General

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