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Legitimacy Through Effectiveness

Legitimacy Through Effectiveness is a theoretical construct within the study of police legitimacy that posits public recognition of police authority as contingent upon the perceived success of law enforcement in maintaining order and reducing crime.

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1.6K

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20

Authors

15

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

11

Viewing Things Differently: The Dimensions of Public Perceptions of Police Legitimacy

Justice Tankebe · Criminology · 2012 · 883 citations

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Making Sense of COMPSTAT: A Theory-Based Analysis of Organizational Change in Three Police Departments

James J. Willis, Stephen D. Mastrofski, David Weisburd · Law & Society Review · 2007 · 224 citations

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What price fairness when security is at stake? Police legitimacy in <scp>S</scp>outh <scp>A</scp>frica

Ben Bradford, Aziz Z. Huq, Jonathan Jackson et al. · Regulation & Governance · 2013 · 214 citations · Full text

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Blurring the Distinction Between Empirical and Normative Legitimacy? A Methodological Commentary on ‘Police Legitimacy and Citizen Cooperation in China’

Jonathan Jackson, Ben Bradford · Asian Journal of Criminology · 2019 · 110 citations · Full text

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The Principle of Effectiveness: Rethinking Its Role in Community Law

Matej Accetto · European Public Law · 2005 · 65 citations

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Authors

20

  1. BB
    Ben Bradford

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 324 citations

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  2. JJ
    Jonathan Jackson

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 324 citations

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  3. TD
    Terance D. Miethe

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  4. TR
    Tom R. Tyler

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. CM
    Christopher M. Donner

    Loyola University Chicago, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

15

  1. George Mason University

    Fairfax, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    480 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    900 citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    214 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    214 citations

  5. Human Sciences Research Council

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    214 citations

  6. University of Dundee

    Dundee, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    214 citations

  8. Chicago Kent College of Law

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    214 citations

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Venues

  1. The British Journal of Criminology

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  2. Asian Journal of Criminology

    1 publications · 110 citations

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  3. Regulation & Governance

    1 publications · 214 citations

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  4. Criminology & Public Policy

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. European Public Law

    EPL · 1 publications · 65 citations

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