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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais; v. 34, n. 100 2019-02-18. |
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The purposeof this paper is to develop a measurement model of the sentiments of police legitimacy among São Paulo citizens. National survey-based research on public attitudes towards the legal authorities commonly adoptsan operationalist approach, ignoring the gap between concepts and survey questions. We contribute substantively to this research field by developing a measurement model of police legitimacy, which is conceptually defined as a normatively grounded duty to obey the police and a moral alignment with the police. Using data from a representative survey of eight regions of the city ofSão Paulo in 2017, we performed a second-order confirmatory factor analysis. Subsequentely, we estimated a structural equation model centered on the legitimacy construct so as to validate the measure. Policy implications of both the concept and the measurement of police legitimacy are discussed. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/07923-7 - Center of the Study of Violence - NEV/USP |
| Grantee: | Sergio França Adorno de Abreu |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC |