Legitimacy invariance and campus crime: the impact of campus police legitimacy in different reporting contexts

Interaction satisfaction with university police: Procedural justice and perceptions of safety and fear on campus

“…If colleges are unique communities, then their police departments act as their agents of formal control (Bromley and Reaves, 1998a; 1998b; Paoline and Sloan, 2003; Perez and Bromley, 2015). This is also consistent with studies outside of campus contexts which find that class, neighborhood and ethnicity may play a critical role in framing public satisfaction with police interactions (Aiello, 2019; Circo et al, 2019; Girgenti-Malone et al, 2017; Lee et al, 2019).…”

“…A factor often shown to influence personal interpretations of encounters with police is whether the individual had prior contact with the police and their views on the positive or negative evaluations of those interactions (Chow, 2012; Hinds and Murphy, 2007; Huffman, 2001; Mastrofski et al, 1996; McCluskey et al, 1999; Miller and Pan, 1987; Pagon, 1995; Sunshine and Tyler, 2003; Trojanowicz et al, 1988). Aiello (2019) discusses the complexity of police legitimacy and its effect on student willingness to report crimes, within the context of identifying favorable student perceptions of procedural justice. Pre-existing views of authorities exert a lasting effect on interpretation of current interactions with the police.…”

“…Pre-existing views of authorities exert a lasting effect on interpretation of current interactions with the police. Those viewing the authority positively are likely to frame the encounter as fair and display willingness to engage with the police (Aiello, 2019; Hinds and Murphy, 2007; Huffman, 2001; Tyler, 1987) and vice versa.…”

Are the Effects of Legitimacy and Its Components Invariant? Operationalization and the Generality of Sunshine and Tyler’s Empowerment Hypothesis

“…We anticipate that bounded authority would strongly influence public willingness to empower police. More generally, future research would do well to focus on the possible invariant effects of legitimacy on cooperation with police and compliance with the law and the other dimensions of the process-based model (Aiello 2019; Sunshine and Tyler 2003; Tyler 2006; Zahnow, Mazerolle, and Pang 2019).…”

“…In particular, do the members of majority and minority groups consider the same issues when evaluating the police?” Whether the effects of legitimacy or its components have invariant effects on empowerment is unknown. Addressing the issues of operationalization and invariance on the “back end” of the process-based model is necessary for further establishing the generality of the theory (Aiello 2019; Jackson 2018; Wolfe et al 2016).…”