Introduction
Social and moral connections
Design of the study
Trends and trajectories
25 years of public confidence in the police
25 years of public contact with the police
Why do people trust the police?
What is trust?
Mass media
Social ecology
One type of contact: being approached by the police
A focus on a special population
Another type of contact: reporting crime
Why do people grant the police legitimacy?
What is legitimacy?
Social ecology
Procedural justice and contact with the police
Why do people cooperate with the police?
Cooperation and the portability of procedural justice
Revisiting a special population
Conclusions.