In:
Journal of Social Issues, Wiley, Vol. 77, No. 2 ( 2021-06), p. 577-599
Abstract:
The development of police legitimacy evaluations is a core component of the legal socialization process. Research has identified many factors that impact peoples’ perceptions of legitimacy such as social and ethnic identity, but the role of American identity has yet to be examined. This study attempted to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that impact legal socialization by examining the relationship between American identity and police legitimacy evaluations. Using a sample of 2086 adults from the United States, we found that people with a stronger American identity were more likely to believe the police are a legitimate authority after accounting for other known predictors of legitimacy. The results demonstrate that national identity may be play a key role in the legal socialization process and partially shape peoples’ evaluations of police legitimacy regardless of the content and quality of interactions they have with the police.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-4537
,
1540-4560
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2023973-7
detail.hit.zdb_id:
3068-5
SSG:
3,4
SSG:
5,2
SSG:
10
