Research indicates that police legitimacy is a function of how well police officers subscribe to community values, norms, and beliefs. Because such perceptions are likely to be culturally derived, the influence of culture on shaping community expectations for and responses to police brutality and violence should be examined. One specific cultural framework worthy of examination is honor ideology, as it values instrumental violence and aggression in defense of reputation, as well as the perceptions of the same, in a way that is relevant to the study of police violence. Study 1 utilizes publicly available data to examine if there is a relationship between the presence of a culture of honor and rates of police shooting within the USA. Results indicate that, as with other forms of aggression, honor does predict and uniquely explain police violence. Having established a relationship to exist between honor and police use of violence in Study 1, Study 2 experimentally examined this relationship as a function of individual perceptions of the legitimacy of police violence. Through a moderated-mediation approach, Study 2’s results indicate that honor endorsers perceive police officers as reflecting their personal values, believe it is their duty to reflect such values, and approve of police violence as a means of reputation management. The implications of these findings for the fields of both honor and police research are discussed.

研究表明，警察的合法性是警察对社区价值观，规范和信仰的认同程度的函数。由于这种看法很可能是从文化上衍生出来的，因此应研究文化对塑造社区对警察的暴行和暴力行为的期望和反应的影响。值得研究的一个具体文化框架是荣誉意识形态，因为它以与研究警察暴力有关的方式重视维护名誉的工具性暴力和侵略以及对它们的看法。研究1利用可公开获得的数据来检查荣誉文化的存在与美国境内警察开枪的比率之间是否存在关系。结果表明，与其他形式的侵略一样，荣誉确实可以预测并独特地解释警察的暴力行为。在研究1中建立了荣誉与警察使用暴力之间的关系后，研究2实验性地检验了这种关系是个人对警察暴力合法性的理解的函数。通过适度调解的方法，研究2的结果表明，名誉代言人认为警务人员反映了他们的个人价值，认为他们有责任反映这种价值，并认可警察的暴力行为是声誉管理的一种手段。讨论了这些发现对荣誉和警察研究领域的意义。研究2的结果表明，荣誉代言人认为警察反映了他们的个人价值，认为他们有责任反映这种价值，并认可警察的暴力行为是声誉管理的一种手段。讨论了这些发现对荣誉和警察研究领域的意义。研究2的结果表明，荣誉代言人认为警察反映了他们的个人价值，认为他们有责任反映这种价值，并认可警察的暴力行为是声誉管理的一种手段。讨论了这些发现对荣誉和警察研究领域的意义。