Why People Obey the Law

Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Introduction -- 1. Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Compliance -- 2. Design of the Chicago Study -- Part Two: Legitimacy and Compliance -- 3. Legitimacy as a Theoretical Issue -- 4. Measuring Legitimacy and Compliance -- 5. Does Legitimacy Contribute Independently to Compliance? -- Part Three: Citizens' Concerns When Dealing with Legal Authorities -- 6. What Do People Want from Legal Authorities? -- 7. Measuring the Psychological Variables -- 8. Does Experience Influence Legitimacy? -- Part Four: The Meaning of Procedural Justice -- 9. The Psychology of Procedural Justice -- 10. The Influence of Control on the Meaning of Procedural Justice -- 11. Beyond Control -- Part Five: Conclusions -- 12. The Antecedents of Compliant Behavior -- 13. The Psychology of Legitimacy -- Appendix A: Questionnaire Used in First Wave of Chicago Study -- Appendix B: Coefficient Alphas for Scales Used in the Analysis -- Appendix C: Frequency Data -- Notes -- References -- Afterword -- Index.