Police self-legitimacy: A qualitative study of Student Officers in the United Kingdom
- Publisher:
- Australia & New Zealand Society of Evidence Based Policing
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Police Science: Australia & New Zealand Journal of Evidence Based Policing, 2021, 6, (1), pp. 12-13
- Issue Date:
- 2021-09-01
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This study seeks to examine how student officers (recruits) develop self-legitimacy. Self-legitimacy can be understood as the belief that one’s position of power is rightful; that is, morally justified within a normative framework of belief. This study of self-legitimacy explores how power-holders (e.g., the police) justify their authority to themselves and their audiences (e.g., the public). To date, research on self legitimacy tends to finds positive correlations between higher police self-legitimacy and, for example, greater support for suspect rights (Bradford and Quinton, 2014).
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