Police Misconduct and State Legitimacy in Central America
Originally reported by JSTOR Daily — 2025-09-04
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Police misconduct obviously undermines the public’s belief in the legitimacy of the police as well as trust in the criminal justice system. But it can do more than that. “Police misconduct might be more decisive in influencing political legitimacy than crime or insecurity,” argues José Miguel Cruz in his study of police corruption in Central America. He writes that
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