Books written by Tom R. Tyler

Trust in the Law: Encouraging Public Cooperation with the Police and Courts Through

In Trust in the Law, psychologists Tom R. Tyler and Yuen J. Huo present a compelling argument that effective law enforcement requires the active engagement and participation of the communities it serves, and argue for a cooperative approach ...
Why People Obey the Law

New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Gibson, J. L., and Caldiera, G. A. 2003. Defenders of democracy? Legitimacy, popular acceptance, and the South African Constitutional Court. Journal of Politics 65: 1-30. Gibson, J. L, Caldiera, G. A., ...
Why People Cooperate: The Role of Social Motivations

Selznick, P. 1969. Law, society, and industrial justice. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Senden, L. 2005. Soft law, self-regulation and co-regulation in European law: Where do they meet? Electronic Journal of Comparative Law 9.
Why Children Follow Rules: Legal Socialization and the Development of Legitimacy

The structure of democratic commitments in the former USSR. American Journal of Political Science, 40, 396–420. Gibson, J. L. (2004). Overcoming apartheid: Can truth reconcile a divided nation? New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Why People Obey the Law

Based on a survey conducted in Chicago that sought to identify factors contributing to respect for and compliance with the law and legal authorities, Tyler challenges many of the assumptions about why people obey the law.
Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Perspective

The case studies presented in this important new book show that fostering cooperation between law enforcement and communities requires the former to pay careful attention to the needs and attitudes of the latter.
Why Children Follow Rules: Legal Socialization and the Development of Legitimacy

Morris, M. W. (2012). Race, gender, and the school-to-prison pipeline. New York: African American Policy Forum. Morris, S. Z., & Gibson, C. L. (2011). Corporal punishment's influence on children's aggressive and delinquent behavior.
Why Children Follow Rules: Legal Socialization and the Development of Legitimacy

Why Children Follow Rules focuses upon legal socialization outlining what is known about the process across three related, but distinct, contexts: the family, the school, and the juvenile justice system.
Why Children Follow Rules: Legal Socialization and the Development of Legitimacy

Why Children Follow Rules focuses on the process by which children and adolescents develop their orientation toward the law.
Why Children Follow Rules: Legal Socialization and the Development of Legitimacy

"'Why Children Follow Rules' focuses on the process by which children and adolescents develop their orientation toward the law.
Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Perspective

The case studies presented in this important new book show that fostering cooperation between law enforcement and communities requires the former to pay careful attention to the needs and attitudes of the latter.
Cooperation in Modern Society: Promoting the Welfare of Communities, States and Organizations

These are examples of a more fundamental question addressed in this book: why do people cooperate for the welfare of their community, state, or organization?
Trust in Organizations: Frontiers of Theory and Research

Perspectives from organizational theory, social psychology, sociology and economics are brought together in this volume to provide a broad coverage of trust, including the psychological and social antecedents of trust.
Why People Cooperate: The Role of Social Motivations

But what motivates people to cooperate? In Why People Cooperate, Tom Tyler challenges the decades-old notion that individuals within groups are primarily motivated by their self-interest.
The Psychology of the Social Self

Social structure is also reflected in individuals, in the way in which people understand themselves, understand others, and form expectations about interpersonal conduct. Psychological processes are not merely af fected by ...
Why People Obey the Law

People obey the law if they believe it's legitimate, not because they fear punishment--this is the startling conclusion of Tom Tyler's classic study.
The Social Psychology of Procedural Justice

We dedicate this book to John Thibaut.
Advanced Introduction to Law and Psychology

This book outlines the main areas of research, their relevance to law, and the way that psychological findings have shaped (or failed to shape) the corresponding areas of law.
Trust in Organizations: Frontiers of Theory and Research

This volume brings together a cross-disciplinary group of contributors to present some of the latest, most exciting conceptual perspectives in the field and to demonstrate a variety of new methodological approaches to the study of trust.
Trust in Organizations: Frontiers of Theory and Research

Trust plays a central role in organizational life. It facilitates exchanges among individuals, enhances cooperation and coordination, and contributes to more effective relationships. This volume brings together a...