Tyler Tom R

Why people obey the law - London Edward Elgar 2006 - 299P viii PB

Law - Philosophy - Justice - Administration Of Public Opinion - Illinois - Chicago Punishment

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Acknowledgments vii

Part One: Introduction
1. Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Compliance 3
2. Design of the Chicago Study 8

Part Two: Legitimacy and Compliance
3. Legitimacy as a Theoretical Issue 19
4. Measuring Legitimacy and Compliance 40
5. Does Legitimacy Contribute Independently to Compliance? 57

Part Three: Citizens’ Concerns When Dealing with Legal Authorities
6. What Do People Want from Legal Authorities? 71
7. Measuring the Psychological Variables 85
8. Does Experience Influence Legitimacy? 94

Part Four: The Meaning of Procedural Justice
9. The Psychology of Procedural Justice 115
10. The Influence of Control on the Meaning of Procedural Justice 125
11. Beyond Control 135

Part Five: Conclusions
12. The Antecedents of Compliant Behaviour 161
13. The Psychology of Legitimacy 170
Appendix A: Questionnaire Used in First Wave of Chicago Study 179
Appendix B: Coefficient Alphas for Scales Used in the Analysis 220
Appendix C: Frequency Data 221
Notes 231
References 253
Index 269


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