Legitimidade Policial: Um Modelo De Mensuração

Oliveira, Thiago Rodrigues; Oliveira, André Rodrigues de; Adorno, Sérgio

doi:10.1590/3410007/2019

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“…In many of these countries, legitimacy seems to rest a good deal on the extent to which police officers act in procedurally fair, neutral, transparent and trustworthy ways when making decisions and interacting with the public. Sun et al's (2018) recently published paper on police legitimacy in a coastal city in Southern China is an excellent example of the increasingly international nature of this field of enquiry (for others see Tsushima and Hamai 2015;Kim et al 2018;Akinlabi and Murphy 2018;Bradford and Jackson 2018;Gerber et al 2018;and Oliveira et al 2019). Sensitivity to context is important to their work.…”

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

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Bradford²

2019

Asian J Criminol

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In a fascinating study into the nature of police legitimacy in Southern China, Sun et al. (2018) present evidence that what researchers have previously been treated as possible sources of legitimacy-public perceptions of police conduct defined along the lines of procedural justice, distributive justice, effectiveness and lawfulness-are in fact constituent components of legitimacy. In this methodological commentary, we argue that the empirical strategy used to reach this conclusion is not fit for purpose because both conceptual stances-possible sources of legitimacy or constituent components of legitimacy-are consistent with the same fitted statistical model. Analysing nationally representative data from 30 countries across Europe and beyond, we also show that erroneous support for the approach to measurement is likely to be found wherever one looks. To be sensitive to cultural context means using a methodology that does not impose the preconditions of legitimacy, and we counsel against a trend starting in international criminology that does precisely the opposite.

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

Jackson¹,

Bradford²

2019

Asian J Criminol

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“…I draw upon data from a three-wave population-based survey which is representative of residents of eight neighborhoods in São Paulo in 2015, 2017, and 2018 4 , on the extent and nature of citizens' experiences with the police and their attitudes towards the law and legal institutions (see Oliveira, Oliveira, and Adorno 2019). Given that police behavior and the dynamics of the overpolicing-underpolicing paradox should vary considerably by neighborhood, sampling procedures employed in this study build on a previous study about São Paulo's extremely high levels of spatial heterogeneity (Nery, Souza, and Adorno 2019).…”

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“…Two surveys were fielded using the same questionnaire: a 2015 representative survey of the adult population residing in the city of São Paulo and a three-wave panel survey representative of the adult population residing in eight neighborhoods in the city of São Paulo (seeOliveira et al 2019Oliveira et al , 2020b.…”

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Legal Cynicism, Intrusive Policing, and the Dynamics of Police Legitimacy: Evidence from Brazil’s Largest City

Oliveira¹

2021

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Policing approaches that rely on repeated intrusion in the lives of citizens can be accompanied by public cynicism about the ability of legal institutions to ensure public safety. This study provides a quantitative assessment of the dynamics of phenomenon of overpolicing and underpolicing over time. It does so in the context of one of the largest cities in the Global South, with a focus on shifts in support for personal use of violence via diminished perceptions of legitimacy. Drawing upon a three-wave longitudinal survey representative of eight neighborhoods in São Paulo, Brazil, I demonstrate that perceptions of overpolicing and underpolicing (a) mutually reproduce each other over time, (b) vary significantly by neighborhood, (c) increase after aggressive police stops, (d) undermine police legitimacy, and (e) contribute to more favorable attitudes towards the acceptability of violence. This study provides further evidence on the costs of coercive policing, with significant implications for people’s recognition of the ruling power of legal authority.

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“…of the respondents are female, 56% are white, and the average age is 40.2 years. Several recent studies of police-citizen relations in Brazil have made use of this data set (see, e.g., Jackson et al, 2021;Oliveira, 2021;Oliveira et al, 2019).…”

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Aggressive policing and undermined legitimacy: Assessing the impact of police stops at gunpoint on perceptions of police in São Paulo, Brazil

Oliveira¹

2021

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Does the experience of being stopped by the police (including being stopped by the police at gunpoint) have a negative effect on trust in legal authority over time? Previous research suggests a link between negatively-experienced police stops and distrust of legal institutions. Yet, we lack clear evidence on the existence and dynamics of any putative causal effect. To address this gap, I draw on a three-wave longitudinal survey of adults who reside in São Paulo, Brazil, and examine the impact of police stops and police stops at gunpoint on three aspects of trust in legal authority (attitudinal change in perceptions of police fairness, perceptions of overpolicing, and cynicism about police protection). In the context of a multi-period difference-in-differences design, I rely on (i) a matching framework for panel data that assumes a dynamic treatment adoption to estimate short-term effects of a recent police stop (at gunpoint), and (ii) a doubly robust estimator that assumes a staggered treatment adoption to assess the long-term effects of a first experience of being stopped and questioned by police officers (at gunpoint). I conclude, overall, that it seems unlikely that general police stops damage trust in legal authority in São Paulo over time. However, a recent aggressive police stop with officers pointing a gun at the citizen does seem to have a negative short-term effect on perceived police fairness, while the first experience of a police stop at gunpoint among people with no previous contact seems to have a positive long-term effect on perceived overpolicing. This study contributes to a growing international literature that describes the social costs of aggressive policing strategies.

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Legitimidade Policial: Um Modelo De Mensuração

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

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

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

Legal Cynicism, Intrusive Policing, and the Dynamics of Police Legitimacy: Evidence from Brazil’s Largest City

Aggressive policing and undermined legitimacy: Assessing the impact of police stops at gunpoint on perceptions of police in São Paulo, Brazil

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