G. Valducci (2026), Fiducia, legittimità e politiche punitive: una revisione narrativa della letteratura sulla procedural justice nel rapporto tra cittadini, polizie e istituzioni
28th October 2026
The article "Fiducia, legittimità e politiche punitive: una revisione narrativa della letteratura sulla procedural justice nel rapporto tra cittadini, polizie e istituzioni" [Trust, legitimacy and punitive policies: a literature narrative review on procedural justice in the relationship between citizens, police and institutions], published in the Rassegna Italiana di Criminologia, vol. XX (no. 2), presents a narrative review of the criminological and socio-legal literature on the relationship between procedural justice, trust and legitimacy, with a focus on the role of punitive public policies in shaping these dimensions.
The aim of this review is to seek to understand whether, and if so how, repressive policies might affect people’s trust in institutions and the corresponding levels of legitimacy. Whilst, on the one hand, the literature is largely in agreement that trust is central to the functioning of the criminal justice system, on the other hand, highly coercive policies appear to erode, in the medium to long term, the relationships of trust between citizens and institutions.
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