Trust and Legitimacy in Criminal Justice

Gorazd Meško, Ph.D., is Professor of Criminology and Dean at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia and a visiting scholar at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK. He has recently edited Handbook on Policing in central and Eastern Europe (2013, with Charles B. Fields, Branko Lobnikar and Andrej Sotlar). His current research interests include crime prevention, provision of safety/security, and legitimacy. E-mail: gorazd.mesko@fvv.uni-mb.si Justice Tankebe, Ph.D., is University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, U. K. Some of his research has appeared in Criminology, Law & Society Review, and the British Journal of Criminology. His books include Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: International Explorations (forthcoming, edited with Alison Liebling) and Legitimacy, Social Order and Criminal Justice (co-authored with Tony Bottoms).

• Introductory framework.- Part 1: The Current State of  Legitimacy in Criminal Justice  in Central and Eastern Europe.- Democratization and Legitimacy in Criminal Justice: Dangerous transitions.- The Determinants and consequences of police legitimacy: A meta analysis of evidence from Europe.- Part 2: Challenges to Policing and Legitimacy in Central and Eastern Europe.- Legitimacy of policing in Central and Eastern Europe – results from a cross-national survey.- Police self-legitimacy and the use of force among police officers.- The impact of knowledge-based policing on day-to-day policing.- Municipal warden services in a plural policing environment in Slovenia.- Part 3: Seeking Solutions for Police Legitimacy.- Sentencing Reform: Current Developments and Future Challenges.- Legitimizing criminal justice through victim involvement.-Crime, punishment and legitimacy – Central and Eastern European Perspectives.- Conclusions and directions for future research.​