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15 Crime Sci. 1 (2026)

handle is hein.journals/crimsci15 and id is 1 raw text is: Narvaez etal. CrimeScience (2026) 15:1 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-026-00271-3 Crime Science Correction: Why do people legitimize and cooperate with the police? Results of a randomized control trial on the effects of procedural justice in Quito, Ecuador David Anrango Narvaez, Jose Eugenio Medina Sarmientol and Cristina Del-Real Correction to: Crime Science 2023, 12(1):9 https://doi. org/10.1186/s40163-023-00188-1. In this article (Anrango Narvaez et al., 2023), the author would like to correct two minor errors as listed below: In discussion section, second paragraph, the sentence In line with previous studies, we also found that police legitimacy is associated with public perceptions of police performance, such as crime control effectiveness (Brad- ford et al., 2012), distributive fairness (L6pez, 2021) and procedural justice. Our findings contribute to the litera- ture by exploring the predictors of police legitimacy in a tactical-operational, social and political setting not pre- viously studied by criminology, specifically illegal alco- hol trading and violence in a Latin American country. Our study demonstrates that public perceptions of police legitimacy are shaped mainly by the efficient, equitable, egalitarian, respectful, and neutral behaviour of the offi- cers: should read as In line with previous studies, we also found that police legitimacy is associated with public perceptions of police performance, including distribu- tive fairness (L6pez, 2021) and procedural justice. How- ever, we did not find support for the association between The original article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s4 0163-023-00188-1. *Correspondence: David Anrango Narvaez davidministeriodelinterior@gmail.com Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain 2Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University,The Hague,The Netherlands -- Springer perceptions of effectiveness and police legitimacy. Our findings contribute to the literature by exploring the predictors of police legitimacy in a tactical-operational, social and political setting not previously studied by criminology, specifically illegal alcohol trading and vio- lence in a Latin American country. Our study demon- strates that public perceptions of police legitimacy are shaped mainly by equitable, egalitarian, respectful, and neutral behaviour of the officers.' The second is in Appendix 4, and pertains the con- struction of the variables. Effectiveness (M=15.81; SD=7.14; a=0.90). 'Being 1 = completely ineffective and 7 = strongly effective, to what extent the police are effective in...: Responding when calling the police in order to report a crime: Responding when suspicious or dangerous activity is reported: Information is provided to assist in finding a suspected criminal'. Participate with the police in initiatives that improve neighborhood security'. • Recommending that people do not consume liquor in public spaces'. Responding when alcohol on the streets is reported: Responding when street fights are reported: • Preventing people from setting up inside or on the sidewalk of their premises or house to consume liquor. ©The Author(s) 2026. Open Access This articde is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the articles Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holderTo view a copy of this licence, visit httpV/creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (httpV/creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.