Police self-legitimacy: A qualitative study of Student Officers in the United Kingdom

Bryden, M

Police self-legitimacy: A qualitative study of Student Officers in the United Kingdom

Bryden, M

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Publisher:: Australia & New Zealand Society of Evidence Based Policing
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Police Science: Australia & New Zealand Journal of Evidence Based Policing, 2021, 6, (1), pp. 12-13
Issue Date:: 2021-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Bryden, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9597-7065
dc.contributor.editor	Williams, S
dc.date.accessioned	2021-10-07T08:09:41Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-01
dc.date.available	2021-10-07T08:09:41Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09-01
dc.identifier.citation	Police Science: Australia & New Zealand Journal of Evidence Based Policing, 2021, 6, (1), pp. 12-13
dc.identifier.issn	2206-5202
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/150902
dc.description.abstract	This study seeks to examine how student officers (recruits) develop self-legitimacy. Self-legitimacy can be understood as the belief that one’s position of power is rightful; that is, morally justified within a normative framework of belief. This study of self-legitimacy explores how power-holders (e.g., the police) justify their authority to themselves and their audiences (e.g., the public). To date, research on self legitimacy tends to finds positive correlations between higher police self-legitimacy and, for example, greater support for suspect rights (Bradford and Quinton, 2014).
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Australia & New Zealand Society of Evidence Based Policing
dc.relation.ispartof	Police Science: Australia & New Zealand Journal of Evidence Based Policing
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Police self-legitimacy: A qualitative study of Student Officers in the United Kingdom
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	6
utslib.location.activity	Australia
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost/Jumbunna
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dc.date.updated	2021-10-07T08:09:40Z
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Abstract:

This study seeks to examine how student officers (recruits) develop self-legitimacy. Self-legitimacy can be understood as the belief that one’s position of power is rightful; that is, morally justified within a normative framework of belief. This study of self-legitimacy explores how power-holders (e.g., the police) justify their authority to themselves and their audiences (e.g., the public). To date, research on self legitimacy tends to finds positive correlations between higher police self-legitimacy and, for example, greater support for suspect rights (Bradford and Quinton, 2014).

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