Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-239) and index.
Contents:
Gaining the public's acceptance of the decisions of legal authorities -- Theories and strategies of regulation -- The California study of personal experiences with the police and the courts -- Procedural justice and decision acceptance -- Motive-based trust and decision acceptance -- The overall influence of social motives on decision acceptance -- Societal orientations : legitimacy and connections with society -- Societal orientations and reactions to personal experiences with legal authorities -- Generalizing from personal experiences to societal orientations -- Ethnicity and experiences with legal authorities -- Variations in the psychology of experience -- Group boundaries and subgroup identification -- General views about the law and the legal system -- Implications for policing -- Process-based regulation -- Psychological jurisprudence.
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