Why people obey the law
- London Edward Elgar 2006
- 299P viii PB
Law - Philosophy - Justice - Administration Of Public Opinion - Illinois - Chicago Punishment
C o n t e n t s: 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