Angus Chan
A systematic review and meta-analysis of procedural justice and legitimacy in policing: the effect of social identity and social contexts
Chan, Angus; Bradford, Ben; Stott, Clifford
Abstract
Objectives
To systematically review the effect of social identity and social contexts on the association between procedural justice and legitimacy in policing.
Methods
A meta-analysis synthesising data from 123 studies (N = 200,966) addressing the relationship between procedural justice and legitimacy in policing. Random effects univariate and two-stage structural equation modelling meta-analyses were performed.
Results
Both procedural justice and social identity are found to be significantly correlated with police legitimacy. Moreover, social identity significantly mediates, but does not moderate, the association between procedural justice and legitimacy. People of younger age and from more developed countries tend to correlate procedural justice stronger with police legitimacy.
Conclusion
This study demonstrates that social identity is an important antecedent of legitimacy and a critical factor in the dynamics of procedural fairness in policing. It also shows that the extent to which procedural justice and legitimacy are correlated varies across social groups and contexts. The theoretical implications of our findings are discussed.
Citation
Chan, A., Bradford, B., & Stott, C. (in press). A systematic review and meta-analysis of procedural justice and legitimacy in policing: the effect of social identity and social contexts. Journal of Experimental Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09595-5
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | Nov 2, 2023 |
| Online Publication Date | Dec 11, 2023 |
| Deposit Date | Jan 10, 2024 |
| Publicly Available Date | Jan 15, 2024 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Criminology |
| Print ISSN | 1573-3750 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1572-8315 |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09595-5 |
| Keywords | Group engagement model; Group value model; Legitimacy; Policing; Procedural justice; Social identity; Uncertainty management model |
| Publisher URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-023-09595-5 |
| Additional Information | Accepted: 2 November 2023; First Online: 11 December 2023 |
Files
Chan Bradford Stott (2023) A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis Of Procedural Justice And Legitimacy In Policing The Effect Of Social Identity And Social Contexts
(1.5 Mb)
PDF
Licence
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Copyright Statement
This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.