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Abstract

A social indicators approach to trust in justice recognizes that the police and criminal courts need public support and institutional legitimacy if they are to operate effectively and fairly. In order to generate public cooperation and compliance, these institutions must demonstrate to citizens that they are trustworthy and that they possess the authority to govern. In this paper we first outline the conceptual roadmap for a current comparative analysis of trust in justice. We then describe the methodological development process of a 45-item module in Round 5 of the European Social Survey, which fields the core survey indicators. After presenting the findings from a quantitative pilot of the indicators, we consider the policy implications of a procedural justice model of criminal justice.

Publication Type:	Article
Publisher Keywords:	compliance with the law, cross-national research, legitimacy, survey design, trust and confidence, PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, LEGITIMACY, POLICE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare K Law > K Law (General)
Departments:	School of Policy & Global Affairs > Sociology & Criminology
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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