Reducing Officers’ Resistance to Evidence-Based Policing
Does Police Self-Legitimacy Matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21425065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kiseong Kuen (0000-0001-9590-910X, Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1797-1815 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminal Justice and Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-8548 • E-ISSN: 1552-3594 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00938548251357780 |
| OpenAlex | W4412842500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 44 |
In recent years, efforts to reduce police resistance to evidence-based policing (EBP) have gained increasing attention. Simultaneously, amid a global crisis of police legitimacy, scholarly interest in police self-legitimacy has grown. Using survey data from police officers in South Korea, this study examines the role of police self-legitimacy in reducing resistance to EBP, as well as its mediating role in the relationship between organizational factors and resistance. The findings reveal a significant negative association between self-legitimacy and resistance to EBP. Moreover, self-legitimacy mediates the relationship between organizational factors, specifically cynicism toward organizational change and supervisor support, and resistance. These results suggest that police agencies aiming to reduce resistance to EBP should implement strategies that enhance officers’ confidence in their authority. This can be achieved by fostering a positive organizational climate, including reducing officers’ skepticism about the agency’s capacity for positive change and ensuring supportive supervision and recognition
Computer security · Criminology · Legitimacy · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Medicine · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Regulation and Compliance Studies
Evidence-Based Policing
Shedding Light on Police Culture
The Impact of Negative Publicity on Police Self-legitimacy
Unpacking the Group Engagement Model Within a Police Department
Occupational stress and attitudes toward misconduct in law enforcement
Why innovations in policing don’t work or don’t translate
“Well, there’s a more scientific way to do it!”
Legitimacy‐based policing
Examining police officer definitions of evidence-based policing
Police research, officer surveys, and response rates
A Canadian replication of Telep and Lum’s (2014) examination of police officers’ receptivity to empirical research
The Rise of Evidence-Based Policing
Taking stock
Self-legitimacy, Police Culture and Support for Democratic Policing in an English Constabulary
Police Understanding of the Foundations of Their Legitimacy in the Eyes of the Public
On the barriers and facilitators of evidence-based policing in Taiwan
Exposure to citizen incivility, perceived public disrespect, and police stress
Public support for expanding DNA databases
In their own eyes
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |