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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; (2023) 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 10.1007/s11292-023-09595-5. (In press). Green open access

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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.

Type: Article
Title: A systematic review and meta-analysis of procedural justice and legitimacy in policing: the effect of social identity and social contexts
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-023-09595-5
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09595-5
Language: English
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Keywords: Group engagement model; Group value model; Legitimacy; Policing; Procedural justice; Social identity; Uncertainty management model
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10181055
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