Legitimacy

Police Perceptions of Their External Legitimacy in High and Low Crime Areas of the Community

Police believe their legitimacy is evaluated differently by citizens of high- and low-crime neighborhoods

American Policing in the Post-Ferguson Era

I was invited to write this essay for Fordham Urban Law Journal back in 2016. It was published in 2017. Recently, when I was pulling together my materials for promotion, I realized the URL was broken. It looks like they’re in the process of digitizing their entire archive, but while you can find issues going all the way back to the 1970s, my essay is nowhere to be found. Odd. But whatever, I’m posting it here.

Do the Police Believe That Legitimacy Promotes Cooperation From the Public?

Yes, but results indicate they think effectively fighting crime is more important

Is the Effect of Procedural Justice on Police Legitimacy Invariant? Testing the Generality of Procedural Justice and Competing Antecedents of Legitimacy

The relationship between perceived procedural justice and police legitimacy appears to be quite robust.

Running List of My Conference Presentations

Rather than continue listing conference presentations ad nauseum on my CV, I’ve decided to archive them here. For some of these, you can download the presentation by clicking the “Slides” link that appears after the presentation title. Note that a * indicates the co-author is a graduate student. ➡️ Jump to: American Society of Criminology, American Sociological Association, Southern Criminal Justice Association Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 60th Annual Meeting: National Harbor, MD Mourtgos, Scott*, Ian Adams, & Justin Nix (2023).