Overview
Recent discussions of the relationship between legal authorities and the people within their communities emphasize the benefits to legal authorities of gaining voluntary deference and willing cooperation from the people with whom they deal. A key element in gaining such cooperation is being viewed as legitimate. Legitimacy is based primarily upon the fairness of the manner in which legal authorities exercise their authority, i.e., procedural justice. If legal authorities exercise their authority fairly, they build legitimacy and increase both willing deference to rules and the decisions of the police and courts, as well as the motivation to help with the task of maintaining social order in the community.
Procedural Justice and Cooperation
In the United States the dominant model for the exercise of legal authority is deterrence. Its goal is to encourage public compliance with the law. The mechanism for achieving this goal is through the threat or use of punishment for rule...
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Tyler, T.R., Jackson, J., Bradford, B. (2014). Procedural Justice and Cooperation. In: Bruinsma, G., Weisburd, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_64
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