Journal article
Policing the Ivory Tower: Students' Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Campus Police Officers
Deviant behavior, v 36(4), pp 310-329
03 Apr 2015
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Abstract
Policing research has largely overlooked how college students' perceptions of the legitimacy of campus police officers can be enhanced and diminished. Using data from interviews and focus groups with students and staff, along with data from two field observations, this article finds that although students expect the campus police to protect them from harm, they believe that officers should fulfill this function while not interfering with their lives as college students. Further, students delegitimize the power of the campus police by raising questions about their status as "real" officers and highlighting how they overreact to the wrong types of behaviors.
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- Title
- Policing the Ivory Tower: Students' Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Campus Police Officers
- Creators
- Shannon K. Jacobsen - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Publication Details
- Deviant behavior, v 36(4), pp 310-329
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Criminology and Justice Studies
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000347038800006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84924871073
- Other Identifier
- 991020531963404721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Criminology & Penology
- Psychology, Social
- Sociology