Objectives We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize the published
and unpublished empirical evidence on the impact of police-led interventions that use …

Results Table 1 provides an overview of the 56 studies and 88 samples used in the present
meta-analysis. Pooling the 200 non-redundant effect sizes from this meta-analysis with a …

The topic of legitimacy is of great theoretical and practical importance within the field of
criminal justice, but it remains under-studied by criminologists and socio-legal scholars …

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a
relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in …

Legitimacy (or “the right to exercise power”) is now an established concept in criminological
analysis, especially in relation to policing. Substantial empirical evidence shows the …

The traditional goal of legal authorities has been to obtain widespread public compliance
with the law. Empirical research findings have shown that legitimacy—typically …

An examination of the influence of street stops on the legal socialization of young men
showed an association between the number of police stops they see or experience and a …

Legal socialization is the process by which children and adolescents acquire their law
related values, attitudes, and reasoning capacities. Such values and attitudes, in particular …

The May 2015 release of the report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
highlighted a fundamental change in the issues dominating discussions about policing in …

In the United States, the exercise of police authority—and the public's trust that police
authority is used properly—is a recurring concern. Contemporary prescriptions for police …