Police Understanding of the Foundations of Their Legitimacy in the Eyes of the Public: The Case of Commanding Officers in the Israel National Police

Jonathan-Zamir, Tal; Harpaz, Amikam

doi:10.1201/b19313-12

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“…We chose to conduct our study with them because they often see “the dark side” of society in their day‐to‐day interactions with citizens, as opposed to those who supply social services, such as nurses, teachers, and social workers. Therefore, they may be less oriented toward “fair treatment” when they believe it will limit the achievement of their organizational goals, especially when they think that their accomplishments in fighting crime are more important to the public than the fairness of their processes (Jonathan‐Zamir and Harpaz ; ).…”

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Street‐Level Bureaucrats’ Social Value OrientationOn and OffDuty

Cohen

Hertz

2020

Public Administration Review

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Are street-level bureaucrats more willing to sacrifice their own self-interests to meet the needs of their clients when they are off duty or on duty? If the former is the case, what does that finding tell us about their work environment? Using the social value orientation paradigm in a mixed effects experimental design, the authors found that Israeli police officers demonstrated greater pro-social inclinations off duty compared with on duty. Given these findings, the authors suggest the possibility that the organization's constraints and culture may, paradoxically, reduce street-level bureaucrats' real social value orientations and increase the promotion of their own self-interests when they are on duty. Evidence for Practice• Using an experiment, we found that police officers demonstrated more willingness to sacrifice their own interests to promote citizens' needs when they were off duty than when they were on duty. • We also found that the more years on the force police officers had, the less they demonstrated this pro-social orientation. • Our findings imply that, paradoxically, the organizational environment reduces police officers' social value orientation when they are on duty. • We discuss the possibility that managers' imposition of extensive external rules and incentives may crowd out their subordinates' internal pro-social tendencies.The authors contributed equally to this article. Uri Hertz is a lecturer at the University of Haifa in the Department of Cognitive Sciences, where he investigates the neural mechanisms and psychological processes underlying social influence and collective decision making using behavioral measurements, computational models, and neuroimaging.

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Street‐Level Bureaucrats’ Social Value OrientationOn and OffDuty

Cohen

Hertz

2020

Public Administration Review

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“…A discussão da autolegitimidade foi incorporada por diversas pesquisas que têm investigado empiricamente as instituições policiais, destacando sua importância para o exercício das funções e relacionando-a com fatores relativos à existência de procedimentos justos no exercício da autoridade interna à instituição (Tankebe, 2010;Bradford & Quinton, 2014;Jonathan-Zamir & Harpaz, 2014;Myhill & Bradford, 2013). A pesquisa conduzida por Ben Bradford e Paul Quinton (2014) concluiu que a autolegitimidade dos policiais está fortemente relacionada, entre outros fatores, à gestão democrática da polícia.…”

Section: A Autolegitimidade De Policiaisunclassified

Expectativas desencaixadas: o problema da construção da autolegitimidade entre policiais militares

Gisi

Silvestre

2020

Soc. estado.

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Resumo O artigo trata da construção da autolegitimidade de policiais a partir de pesquisa qualitativa realizada com praças da Polícia Militar de São Paulo (PMESP). O objetivo é analisar o impacto das percepções e expectativas dos policiais sobre as atividades de policiamento na construção da legitimidade reivindicada por eles. Parte-se da concepção de legitimidade policial como processo dialógico continuamente atualizado nos contatos com a população. Foram realizadas 28 entrevistas em profundidade com praças da PMESP em oito distritos da cidade de São Paulo. As análises indicam uma disjunção entre a visão dos policiais sobre sua função e autoridade e a percepção sobre as respostas da população. Os entrevistados demonstram confiança em sua autoridade e valorização do trabalho de controle do crime, mas percebem um déficit de legitimidade nas respostas da população, que questiona sua autoridade nas abordagens. Consideram ainda certas demandas da população como excessivas e desvios de sua função.

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“…In short, procedural justice strengthens police legitimacy, and police behaviour which denies voice, does not apply the law equally and treats the public in a demeaning manner will undermine trust and ultimately police legitimacy (Bradford et al, 2014; Hinds and Murphy, 2007). Studies of the police find, in contrast to procedural justice arguments, that the police believe effectiveness in social control is the main determinant of their legitimacy, a view that benignly neglects professional and courteous conduct in encounters and thereby reinforces the peoples’ sense that they are being treated differently on the basis of their identities (Boateng et al, 2014; Jonathan-Zamir and Harpaz, 2014).…”

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Trust in and legitimacy of the police among American college students

2015

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The purpose of this study is to assess whether police fairness, effectiveness, assistance and fear of crime variables help explain trust in the police among university students. Five hundred questionnaires were distributed to all students in randomly selected summer courses offered by the university in 2012; 414 questionnaires were filled and returned, yielding a response rate of about 83%. Ordinary least square regression was used to estimate the effects of our independent variables on college students' trust in the police. The results show that police fairness and police assistance were significantly related to trust in the police after accounting for respondents' demographic characteristics. However, fear of crime and police effectiveness did not predict students' trust in the police.This study was carried out on a sample of college students in one Carnegie 1 institution, thus findings have limited generalisability and need to be interpreted with caution. Our research and findings add another small piece to the theoretical confusion, and

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Police Understanding of the Foundations of Their Legitimacy in the Eyes of the Public: The Case of Commanding Officers in the Israel National Police

Cited by 17 publications

References 42 publications

Street‐Level Bureaucrats’ Social Value OrientationOn and OffDuty

Street‐Level Bureaucrats’ Social Value OrientationOn and OffDuty

Expectativas desencaixadas: o problema da construção da autolegitimidade entre policiais militares

Trust in and legitimacy of the police among American college students

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