Objectives

To systematically review the effect of social identity and social contexts on the association between procedural justice and legitimacy in policing.

Methods

A meta-analysis synthesising data from 123 studies (N = 200,966) addressing the relationship between procedural justice and legitimacy in policing. Random effects univariate and two-stage structural equation modelling meta-analyses were performed.

Results

Both procedural justice and social identity are found to be significantly correlated with police legitimacy. Moreover, social identity significantly mediates, but does not moderate, the association between procedural justice and legitimacy. People of younger age and from more developed countries tend to correlate procedural justice stronger with police legitimacy.

Conclusion

This study demonstrates that social identity is an important antecedent of legitimacy and a critical factor in the dynamics of procedural fairness in policing. It also shows that the extent to which procedural justice and legitimacy are correlated varies across social groups and contexts. The theoretical implications of our findings are discussed.

中文翻译：

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对警务程序正义和合法性的系统回顾和荟萃分析：社会认同和社会背景的影响

目标

系统地审查社会认同和社会背景对警务程序正义与合法性之间关系的影响。

方法

荟萃分析综合了 123 项研究 ( N  = 200,966) 的数据，探讨了警务中程序正义与合法性之间的关系。进行了随机效应单变量和两阶段结构方程模型荟萃分析。

结果

研究发现，程序正义和社会认同都与警察的合法性显着相关。此外，社会认同显着调节但不调节程序正义与合法性之间的关联。来自较发达国家的年轻人往往将程序正义与警察的合法性联系得更紧密。

结论

这项研究表明，社会认同是合法性的重要前提，也是警务程序公平动态的关键因素。它还表明，程序正义和合法性的相关程度因社会群体和背景而异。讨论了我们研究结果的理论意义。