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Abstract
Purpose
To explore perceptions of court legitimacy and the correlates of these perceptions, as well as assess whether the correlates of court legitimacy vary by race and ethnicity.
Methods
Regression analysis of data from an online survey (N = 593) of U.S. adults, closely matching Census demographics with an overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities.
Results
Theoretical antecedents of legitimacy (procedural justice, distributive justice, and effectiveness) predict higher levels of perceived court legitimacy. There are few differences in the antecedents of legitimacy by respondents' race or ethnicity.
Conclusions
Key correlates of court legitimacy mirror those of police legitimacy and are also largely invariant across race and ethnicity. Black respondents reported the lowest levels of perceived court legitimacy in general. Future research should further explore the reasons for this difference.
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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.
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