The primary purpose of the present study is to examine the extent to which procedural justice and contacts with police influence people's assessments of their local police in post-colonial societies. Specifically, the study aimed to 1) determine whether favorable perceptions of procedural fairness predict individuals' willingness to accept the police as authority Fig. 2) assess the effects of two types of contacts – police-initiated and citizen-initiated contacts – on people's decision to view the police as legitimate and 3) assess the combine effect of fairness and contact on the likelihood of citizens voluntarily accepting their local police as authority figure in the community. Analyzing data systematically collected from two large metropolitan areas in Ghana, results demonstrate significant effects of procedural fairness and police-initiated contacts on citizens' propensity to consider the police as legitimate. Moreover, results further revealed an interactive effect on police legitimacy in Ghana.

本研究的主要目的是研究程序正义和与警察的接触在多大程度上影响了人们对后殖民社会对当地警察的评估。具体而言，该研究旨在1）确定对程序公正性的良好认知是否可以预测个人接受警察作为权威的意愿。图2）评估两种类型的接触（警察发起和公民发起的接触）对人们决策的影响认为警察是合法的； 3）评估公平和接触的综合作用，以评估公民自愿接受当地警察为社区中的权威人物的可能性。分析从加纳的两个大都市区系统收集的数据，结果表明，程序公正性和警察发起的联系对公民认为警察合法的倾向具有重大影响。此外，结果进一步显示了对加纳警察合法性的互动影响。