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Trust in justice

Bradford, B. and Jackson, J. and Hough, Mike (2017) Trust in justice. In: Uslaner, R. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190274801.

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Abstract

This article considers what it means for citizens to trust the police and criminal courts. First, a broad definition of trust is outlined. Four theories of trust formation and reproduction are then used to derive a set of propositions concerning the sources of trust in the legal system and the factors that sustain and/or undermine it. A brief review of existing criminological research that provides evidence on the relevance of these factors is also provided. The article closes with a discussion of the relationship between the concepts of trust and legitimacy in the context of the criminal justice system.

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Item Type: Book Section
Keyword(s) / Subject(s): police, courts, criminal justice system, trust, legitimacy
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Research Centres and Institutes: Crime & Justice Policy Research, Institute for
Depositing User: Administrator
Date Deposited: 17 Feb 2017 09:31
Last Modified: 29 Jul 2025 11:23
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/16337

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