National Identification and Public Cooperation with the Police in Ghana

IF 3.3 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Criminal Justice Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102235

Dennis Sarpong

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Abstract

Purpose

This study examines the role of national identification in public cooperation with the police in Ghana. The first objective is to examine the antecedents of national identification and police legitimacy in Ghana, and the second objective is to examine the association between national identification and public cooperation in Ghana.

Methods

Using data from an online survey of university students (N = 482), the current study employs structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the antecedents of national identification and police legitimacy, and the association between national identification and public cooperation. Bootstrapped standard errors with bias-corrected confidence intervals is used examine the mediating effects of national identification and police legitimacy.

Results

The SEM indicates that participants who viewed the police as effective and distributively just were willing to cooperate with the police. Police procedural justice was the sole predictor of police legitimacy. Contrary to theoretical expectations regarding the status- and value-signaling function of procedural justice, participants felt valued and worthy as members of Ghanaian society when the police were effective at fighting crime and fair in allocating outcomes.

Conclusion

This study demonstrates that perceived group identification plays a role in public cooperation with police in Ghana.

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加纳的国民身份证明和公众与警方的合作

目的本研究探讨了国家认同在加纳公众与警方合作中的作用。方法本研究利用对大学生（N = 482）的在线调查数据，采用结构方程建模（SEM）方法研究加纳国家认同和警察合法性的前因，以及国家认同与公众合作之间的关联。结果SEM表明，认为警察有效且分配公正的参与者愿意与警察合作。警察程序正义是警察合法性的唯一预测因素。与关于程序公正的地位和价值信号功能的理论预期相反，当警察有效打击犯罪并公平分配结果时，参与者会感到自己作为加纳社会成员的价值和价值。

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Journal of Criminal Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest. Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.