Duncan Morrow is Professor of Politics at Ulster University.Jonny Byrne is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Ulster University.

• Part I: Resetting Legitimacy 1 The legacy: the chronic crisis of legitimacy in Northern Ireland’s politics and policing before 1998 2 Crafting police reform 3 Translating reform into practice Part II: Testing Legitimacy 4 Managing public (dis)order 5 The spectre of the past 6 Armed groups in a post-conflict space Part III: Building legitimacy 7 ‘Watch what I do, and not what I say’ - seeking legitimacy through action 8 Navigating legitimacy: the intersection of policing, accountability, and oversight Conclusions and questions

Duncan Morrow is Professor of Politics at Ulster University.Jonny Byrne is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Ulster University.

• Part I: Resetting Legitimacy 1 The legacy: the chronic crisis of legitimacy in Northern Ireland’s politics and policing before 1998 2 Crafting police reform 3 Translating reform into practice Part II: Testing Legitimacy 4 Managing public (dis)order 5 The spectre of the past 6 Armed groups in a post-conflict space Part III: Building legitimacy 7 ‘Watch what I do, and not what I say’ - seeking legitimacy through action 8 Navigating legitimacy: the intersection of policing, accountability, and oversight Conclusions and questions

Duncan Morrow is Professor of Politics at Ulster University.Jonny Byrne is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Ulster University.

• Part I: Resetting Legitimacy 1 The legacy: the chronic crisis of legitimacy in Northern Ireland’s politics and policing before 1998 2 Crafting police reform 3 Translating reform into practice Part II: Testing Legitimacy 4 Managing public (dis)order 5 The spectre of the past 6 Armed groups in a post-conflict space Part III: Building legitimacy 7 ‘Watch what I do, and not what I say’ - seeking legitimacy through action 8 Navigating legitimacy: the intersection of policing, accountability, and oversight Conclusions and questions