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Since its inception in 1990, Tyler's process-based model of regulation has provided a fundamental framework for understanding why people obey the law. Numerous studies have found support for Tyler's process-based model of regulation, with the majority of research reporting an association between procedural justice and legitimacy. The research is li...
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... final results for the OLS regression analyses were conducted in a stepwise manner to more precisely examine the explanatory breadth of family and peer views of police in the presence of procedural justice. The unstandardized and standardized beta coefficients were reported in Table 4. The standardized beta coefficients compare the strength of each covariate to the dependent variable. ...Context 2
... standardized beta coefficients compare the strength of each covariate to the dependent variable. The results are reported in Table 4 using two different models. In Model 1, the analysis revealed that procedural justice (b = .26; ...Citations
... Tyler's process-based model of regulation has served as a foundational framework for comprehending the reasons behind individuals' obedience to the law since its establishment (Morrow & Vickovic, 2023). Initially emerging from legal psychology, procedural justice focused on enhancing the perceived fairness of courtroom decisions by adjusting procedural elements rather than altering the distribution of outcomes. ...
... Over the years, a two-stage self-regulatory theory of procedural justice has been depicted with three main constructs in a linear chain of relations: procedural justice serves as an antecedent of police legitimacy, which, in turn, facilitates compliance and cooperation with police Kochel, 2018;Reisig & Lloyd, 2009;Tyler & Fagan, 2008). However, this linear relationship has been challenged as being overly simplistic, and the relationship between these constructs might not work in the way it has been suggested (McLean, 2020;Morrow & Vickovic, 2023;Nagin & Telep, 2017;Pina-Sánchez & Brunton-Smith, 2020;Pósch et al., 2021;Reisig et al., 2007). For example, Nagin and Telep (2017), challenge the internal validity of Tyler's procedural justice model, citing a lack of clear causal evidence, potential spurious relationships, and the influence of confounding factors such as family and peer views. ...
... The National Academies Sciences' report (2018) revealed that procedural justice in policing does not provide enough evidence to draw a causal link to either police legitimacy or cooperation with the police. Recently, Morrow and Vickovic (2023) conducted a study asserting that explaining the development of behaviors and attitudes toward legal institutions and actors is more complex than assumed. They argued that legitimacy is influenced not only by procedural justice but also by family and peer views, in line with the assertion of Nagin and Telep (2017), pointing to the third common factor that has the potential to affect the two-stage process-based model. ...
An expanding body of research consistently reinforces Tyler’s two-stage-based self-regulatory theory of procedural justice. This study makes two significant contributions to the literature on Tyler’s model. First, it examines the relationship between procedural justice, legitimacy, and cooperation with police and explores whether perceptions of legitimacy have a mediation effect in this model. Second, it attempts to understand whether the model predicts the cooperation and reporting behavior of individuals in terrorism-related cases. Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of data linking procedural justice to public trust and cooperation, collected from (N = 267) university students in The Hague, results align with Tyler’s model, indicating a significant positive relationship between police legitimacy and willingness to cooperate with police and report terrorism-related incidents. Procedural justice indirectly affects both variables through legitimacy. Furthermore, age and prior contact with the police influence perceptions of legitimacy and cooperation. The findings underscore the importance of police legitimacy in fostering trust and cooperation with law enforcement, particularly in multicultural societies. This study advocates for targeted resource allocation within police departments. By prioritizing initiatives that enhance procedural justice, departments can cultivate stronger legitimacy and encourage cooperation and proactive reporting of terrorism-related cases.
Perceptions of law enforcement shape a willingness to report crime and are particularly important for sex crimes and among groups oppressed or neglected by the legal system. We examine three types of perceptions of justice—the fairness of outcomes (distributive), procedures (procedural), and victim treatment (interpersonal). We expect each measure of justice perceptions to increase the likelihood of reporting, or recommending a friend report, a hypothetical sexual assault to police. Our survey of 18- to 24-year-old women ( N = 1,414) oversampled women of color and stratified the sample by educational attainment. In a series of path analyses, we find full support for our hypotheses about reporting one’s own sexual assault and partial support for encouraging a friend to report based on perceptions of three forms of justice. In addition, we examined indirect effects of sexual identity and race on reporting intentions and discuss how those patterns are partially driven by negative perceptions of justice.
