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58 J. Res. Crime & Delinquency 3 (2021)

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Are the Effects of
Legitimacy and Its
Components Invariant?
Operationalization and
the Generality of
Sunshine and Tyler's
Empowerment
Hypothesis

Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency
2021, Vol. 58(1) 3-40
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DOI: 10.1 177/0022427820926228
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Bryanna Fox' 0, Richard K. Moule, Jr.' 0,
Chae M. Jaynes'        , and Megan M. Parry2
Abstract
Objectives: To assess whether the relationship between legitimacy and police
empowerment is sensitive to the operationalization of legitimacy, and
whether the effects of legitimacy and its components on empowerment
are invariant. Empowerment is examined in the context of police militariza-
tion-public support for the discretionary use of surplus military equipment
by law enforcement. Method: Using a national sample of 702 American
adults and a series of ordinary least squares regressions, the direct and
interactive effects of legitimacy and its components on empowerment are
' University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
2University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Corresponding Author:
Bryanna Fox, Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave.,
SOC 327, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Email: bhfox@usf.edu

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