Dr. Justice Tankebe

Selected Publications

Articles in Peer-reviewed Journal

• Tankebe, J., & Fulzele, A. (2024). Whistleblowing Decisions by Police Officers. Law & Social Inquiry, 1-24 https://doi.org/10.1017/lsi.2024.5
• Akoensi, T. D., & Tankebe, J. (2024). Criminal record and employability in Ghana: A vignette experimental study. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12561
• Barber, M & Tankebe, J (2024) Tracking procedural justice in stop and search pedestrian encounters with police body-camera records. Policing https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae074
• Schwarzenbach, A., Tankebe, J., & Oberwittler, D. (2023). In Their Own Hands: Young People and Self-Justice Retaliation in Germany. Crime & Delinquency 69(1): 121 - 151 https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128720948032
• Akoensi, TD & Tankebe, J. (2020) Prison Officer Self-Legitimacy and Support for Rehabilitation. Criminal Justice and Behavior 47 (1): 22 - 38  https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854819879729
• Ariel, B., Langley, B., Tankebe, J., Sutherland, A., Beale, M., Factor, R., and Weinborn, C. (2021) A Simple Checklist, That is all it Takes: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Field Trial on Improving the Treatment of Suspected Terrorists by the Police. Journal of Experimental Criminology 17(1): 628 - 655 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-020-09428-9
• Tankebe, J. (2019) Cooperation with The Police Against Corruption: Exploring the Roles of Legitimacy, Deterrence and Collective Action Theories. British Journal of Criminology 59(6): 1390 - 1410, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azz030
• Tankebe, J., Boakye, E. K., & Amagnya, M. (2020) Traffic Violations and Cooperative Intentions among Drivers: The Role of Corruption and Fairness 30(9): 1081 – 1096 https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2019.1636795
• Ariel, B., Mitchell, R. J., Tankebe, J., Firpo, M. E., Fraiman, R., & Hyatt, J. M. (2019) Using Wearable Technology to Increase Police Legitimacy in Uruguay: The Case of Body-Worn Cameras. Law & Social Inquiry, 1-29 https://doi.org/10.1017/lsi.2019.13
• Surtees, K., Tankebe, J., & Bland, M. (2019) Tracking Kidnappings in London: Offenders, Victims and Motives. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing, 3: 97 -108 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-019-00036-w
• Tankebe, J. (2019) In Their Own Eyes: An Empirical Examination of Police Self-Legitimacy. Int. Journal of Comparative & Applied Criminal Justice 43(2): 99 – 116. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2018.1487870
• Tankebe, J., Karstedt, S., & Adu-Poku, S. (2019) Corruption Intentions Among Prospective Elites in Ghana: An Economy of Esteem. International Criminal Justice Review, 29(2): 168-186. https://doi.org/10.1177/1057567718799827
• Ariel, B., & Tankebe, J. (2018). Racial stratification and multiple outcomes in police stops and searches. Policing and Society, 28(5), 507-525.https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2016.1184270
• Nawaz, A., & Tankebe, J. (2018). Tracking procedural justice in stop and search encounters: Coding evidence from body-worn video cameras. Cambridge journal of evidence-based policing, 2(3-4), 139-163.
• Sowatey, E. A & Tankebe, J. (2018) Doing Research with Police Elites in Ghana. Criminology & Criminal Justice https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895818787022
• Wain, N., Ariel, B., & Tankebe, J. (2017) The Collateral Consequences of GPS-led Supervision in Hotspots policing. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal 18(4): 376-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2016.1277146
• Tankebe, J. & Asif, M. (2016) Legitimacy and Public Support for Vigilante Violence in Pakistan. International Journal of Comparative Criminology and Applied Criminal Justice 40(4): 343-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2016.1217425
• Tankebe, J., Reisig, M., and Wang, X. A. (2016) Multidimensional Model of Police Legitimacy: A Cross-cultural Assessment. Law & Human Behavior 40(1): 11-22 http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000153
• Tankebe, J., Hills, A. & Cole, B. (2014) Emerging Issues of Crime and Justice in Africa: An Introduction. Special Issue of Criminology & Criminal Justice 14(1): 3-7
• Tankebe, J. (2014) The Making of Democracy's Champions: Police Support for Democracy in Ghana.Special Issue of Criminology & Criminal Justice 14(125-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895812469380
• Reisig, M. D., Tankebe, J. and Meško, G. (2014) Compliance with the Law in Slovenia: The Role of Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 20 (2): 259-276.
• Tankebe, J. (2013) In Search of Moral Recognition? Policing and Eudaemonic Legitimation in Ghana. Special Issue of Law & Social Inquiry 38(3): 576-597
• Tankebe, J. (2013) Viewing Things Differently: Examining the Dimensions of Public Perceptions of Police Legitimacy. Criminology 51(1): 103-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2012.00291.x
• Bottoms, A. E. and Tankebe, J. (2012) Beyond Procedural Justice: A Dialogic Approach to Legitimacy in Criminal Justice. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 102: 119-170
• Reisig, M. D., Tankebe, J. and Meško, G. (2012) Procedural Justice, Police Legitimacy, and Public Cooperation with the Police among Young Slovene Adults. Journal of Criminology and Security 14(2): 147-164
• Tankebe, J. (2011) Explaining Police Support for Use of Force and Vigilante Violence in Ghana. Policing & Society 21(2): 129-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2010.540663
• Tankebe, J. (2010) Public Confidence in the Police: Testing the Effects of Experience of Police Corruption in Ghana. British Journal of Criminology 50 (2): 296-319. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azq001
• Tankebe, J. (2009) Public Cooperation with the Police in Ghana: Does Procedural Fairness Matter? Criminology: An International Journal 47(4): 1265-1293. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00175.x
• Tankebe, J. (2009) Self-Help, Policing and Procedural Justice: Vigilantism and the Rule of Law in Ghana. Law and Society Review 43(2): 245-269. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5893.2009.00372.x
• Tankebe, J. (2009). Policing, procedural fairness and public behaviour: A review and critique.International Journal of Police Science & Management, 11(1): 8-19.
• Tankebe, J. (2008) Colonialism, legitimation, and policing in Ghana. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 36(1): 67-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2007.12.003

Books

• Liebling, A., Shapland, J., Sparks, R., & Tankebe, J (2022, eds.) Crime, Justice, and Social Order: Essays in Honour of A.E. Bottoms. Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Meško, G. & Tankebe, J. (2015, eds.)Trust and Legitimacy in Criminal Justice: European Perspectives in Europe. New York: Springer
• Tankebe, J. and Liebling A. (2013) (eds.) Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Book Chapters

• Tankebe, J and Bottoms, AE. (2024). Legitimacy and Evidence-based Policy. In The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Crime and Justice Policy, edited by B. C. Welsh, S. N. Zane, and D. P. Mears, 223–44. Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Tankebe, J. (2023). Whistleblowing: An Ethical Analysis of Police Officers’ Reporting of Misconduct by Colleagues. In A. E. Bottoms and J Jacobs (Eds.) Criminology as a Moral Science. Oxford: Hart Publishing
• Tankebe, J. (2022). Moral Contexts of Procedural (In)justice Effect on Public Cooperation with Police: A Vignette Experimental Study. In S. Kutnjak Ivković, J. Maskály, CM Donner, I. C. Mraović, & D. Das (Eds.)  Exploring Contemporary Police Challenges, New York: Routledge
• Bottoms, A.E and Tankebe, J (2020) Procedural Justice, Legitimacy and Social Contexts. In D., Meyerson, C., Mackenzie and T., MacDermott, (eds.) Procedural justice and relational theory: philosophical, empirical and legal perspectives. Routledge, Oxford, UK.
• Tankebe, J (2020) Unintended Negative Outcomes of Counter-Terrorism Policing. In Weisburd, D., Hasisi, B., & Calderoni, F (eds.) Understanding Recruitment to Organised Crime and Terrorism. Springer
• Tankebe, J. (2019) Legitimacy and Regulatory Compliance. In M.  Krambia-Kapardis  (Ed.),  Financial  Compliance:  Issues, Concerns and Future Directions (pp. 47–66). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
• Bottoms, A. E. and Tankebe, J (2017) Police Legitimacy and the Authority of the State. In A. du Bois-Pedain, M. Ulväng and P. Asp (eds.) Criminal Law and the Authority of the State. Oxford: Hart Publishing
• Tankebe, J. & Meško, G. (2015) Police Self-Legitimacy, Use of Force, and Pro-Organisational Behaviour in Slovenia. In Meško, G. & Tankebe, J. (eds.) Trust and Legitimacy in Criminal Justice: European Perspectives. New York: Springer
• Tankebe, J. (2014) Police Legitimacy. In M. D. Reisig & J. Kane (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Police and Policing. New York: Oxford University Press
• Bottoms, A. E and Tankebe, J. (2013) 'Voice Within': Power-holders' Perspectives on Authority and Legitimacy. In J. Tankebe and A. Liebling (eds.) Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration. Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Tankebe, J. and Liebling, A. (2013) Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An Introduction. In J. Tankebe and A. Liebling (eds.) Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration. Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Tankebe, J. (2010) Legitimation and Resistance: Police Reform in the (un)making. In L. K. Cheliotis (ed.) Roots, Rites and Sites of Resistance: The Banality of Good. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (pp.197 - 245)