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Author
Title
Why People Obey the Law / Tom R. Tyler.
Imprint
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Copyright
©2006
Description
1 online resource (320 p.)
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Part One: Introduction
1. Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Compliance
2. Design of the Chicago Study
Part Two: Legitimacy and Compliance
3. Legitimacy as a Theoretical Issue
4. Measuring Legitimacy and Compliance
5. Does Legitimacy Contribute Independently to Compliance?
Part Three: Citizens' Concerns When Dealing with Legal Authorities
6. What Do People Want from Legal Authorities?
7. Measuring the Psychological Variables
8. Does Experience Influence Legitimacy?
Part Four: The Meaning of Procedural Justice
9. The Psychology of Procedural Justice
10. The Influence of Control on the Meaning of Procedural Justice
11. Beyond Control
Part Five: Conclusions
12. The Antecedents of Compliant Behavior
13. The Psychology of Legitimacy
Appendix A: Questionnaire Used in First Wave of Chicago Study
Appendix B: Coefficient Alphas for Scales Used in the Analysis
Appendix C: Frequency Data
Notes
References
Afterword
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Part One: Introduction
1. Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Compliance
2. Design of the Chicago Study
Part Two: Legitimacy and Compliance
3. Legitimacy as a Theoretical Issue
4. Measuring Legitimacy and Compliance
5. Does Legitimacy Contribute Independently to Compliance?
Part Three: Citizens' Concerns When Dealing with Legal Authorities
6. What Do People Want from Legal Authorities?
7. Measuring the Psychological Variables
8. Does Experience Influence Legitimacy?
Part Four: The Meaning of Procedural Justice
9. The Psychology of Procedural Justice
10. The Influence of Control on the Meaning of Procedural Justice
11. Beyond Control
Part Five: Conclusions
12. The Antecedents of Compliant Behavior
13. The Psychology of Legitimacy
Appendix A: Questionnaire Used in First Wave of Chicago Study
Appendix B: Coefficient Alphas for Scales Used in the Analysis
Appendix C: Frequency Data
Notes
References
Afterword
Index
Summary
People obey the law if they believe it's legitimate, not because they fear punishment--this is the startling conclusion of Tom Tyler's classic study. Tyler suggests that lawmakers and law enforcers would do much better to make legal systems worthy of respect than to try to instill fear of punishment. He finds that people obey law primarily because they believe in respecting legitimate authority. In his fascinating new afterword, Tyler brings his book up to date by reporting on new research into the relative importance of legal legitimacy and deterrence, and reflects on changes in his own thinking since his book was first published.
Language Note
In English.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
Location
www
Access Note
restricted access (http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec) online access with authorization
Alternate Title
DeGruyter online
Language
English
ISBN
9781400828609
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