'PROCEDURAL JUSTICE' (TYLER) as a research concept holds that:

Question

Accepted Answer

C.

1. TOM TYLER's 'Why People Obey the Law' (1990) is foundational empirical research on PROCEDURAL JUSTICE.
2. KEY FINDING: People's COMPLIANCE with law and TRUST in legal institutions depend not only on OUTCOMES but on PERCEIVED FAIRNESS of PROCESSES.
3. ELEMENTS of procedural justice:
4. (i) VOICE — opportunity to express views;
5. (ii) NEUTRALITY of decision-maker;
6. (iii) RESPECTFUL treatment;
7. (iv) TRUSTWORTHINESS of authorities — good intentions.
8. IMPLICATIONS: legitimacy is built through fair procedures; people accept unfavourable outcomes if procedures fair.
9. APPLICATIONS: policing, courts, regulatory bodies, taxation, prisons.
10. POLICY: Tyler-style research informs community policing, restorative justice, court design.
11. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Tom Tyler, 'Why People Obey the Law' (1990); 'Procedural Justice' research tradition_