The Relative Effects of Normative and Instrumental Models of Policing on Police Empowerment: Evidence From a Sample of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants

• Published in: Criminal justice policy review Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 428 - 450
• Main Author: Pryce, Daniel K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2019; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Effectiveness; Empowerment; Geopolitics; Immigrants; Justice; Law enforcement; Legitimacy; Noncitizens; Obligations; Police; United States > US; effectiveness; police empowerment; procedural justice; legitimacy; Ghanaian immigrants

This study examines the relative impacts of normative and instrumental models of policing on willingness to empower the police in a sample of sub-Saharan African immigrants in the United States. Using data from a survey of 304 Ghanaian immigrants, obligation to obey, procedural justice, effectivenes...