Democratic Duty versus Social Order: The Conflicted and Conditional Relationship between Conscientiousness and Support for Extralegal Policing

• In Event: Prosocial Dispositions and Behaviors

Brief Overview

Democracy mandates due process, yet (perceived) waves of crime encourage public support for extralegal policing. I argue that the tension between democratic duty and social order is especially acute for the highly conscientious.

Author

• Matthew Stephen Cawvey, Erskine College