Technology and Police Legitimacy

Elizabeth  Aston; Helen Wells; Ben Bradford; Megan O'Neill

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_4

Technology and Police Legitimacy

Elizabeth Aston (Lead / Corresponding author)
, Helen Wells
, Ben Bradford
, Megan O'Neill

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Abstract

Through a consideration of the use of mobile devices by the police and the public, this chapter explores some of the potential issues raised by the incorporation of technology. What internal challenges should be considered for police organisations? What impact may the expansion of technologically mediated interactions have on public perceptions of police legitimacy? Whilst there is a large volume of work linking procedural justice in face-to-face interactions to legitimacy, we know little about how this operates online. Employing the concept of the ‘abstract police’ (Terpstra et al., The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 92(4), 339–359, 2019), we consider the potential impact of technology on legitimacy both internally within police organisations and externally between the police and the public. We consider organisational justice and conceptualise legitimacy as dialogic and relational (Bottoms & Tankebe, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 102, 119–170, 2012).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Policing in Smart Societies
Subtitle of host publication	Reflections on the Abstract Police
Editors	Antoinette Verhage, Marleen Easton, Sofie De Kimpe
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	43-68
Number of pages	26
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030836856
ISBN (Print)	9783030836849
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_4
Publication status	Published - 2022

Publication series

Name	Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies
ISSN (Print)	2730-535X
ISSN (Electronic)	2730-5368

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Technology
Police legitimacy
'Abstract police'

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Technology and Police Legitimacy. / Aston , Elizabeth (Lead / Corresponding author); Wells, Helen; Bradford, Ben et al.
Policing in Smart Societies: Reflections on the Abstract Police. ed. / Antoinette Verhage; Marleen Easton; Sofie De Kimpe. 1. ed. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 43-68 (Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies).

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