Why People Obey the Law

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...

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Main Author: Tyler, Tom R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford Princeton University Press 2021, ©2006
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505 0 |a 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 
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520 3 |a 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.