Inaugural George and Margaret Barrock Lecture

Description: Policing is an important utility for residents of high-crime urban neighborhoods. Police can help community members solve problems, achieve goals, and otherwise get things done. Importantly, policing is more successful when law-enforcement agents are perceived as legitimate—that is, worthy of deference— by those they encounter. Drawing on a large body of social-science literature, the lecture will explore how police departments can increase their legitimacy among a key demographic in high ...