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  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Tom R. Tyler is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the social sciences. Their scholarly work spans several interrelated subfields, including sociology and political science, law, political science and international relations, artificial intelligence, and social psychology.

Tyler's research topics cover a broad range of areas such as:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Deception Detection and Forensic Psychology
  • Law in Society and Culture
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Key publications include recent papers such as:

  • Procedural justice training reduces police use of force and complaints against officers (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Reconciling Police and Communities with Apologies, Acknowledgements, or Both: A Controlled Experiment (2020, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science)
  • Legal socialization during adolescence: The emerging role of school resource officers (2021, Journal of Social Issues)
  • Whither Legitimacy? Legal Authority in the Twenty-First Century (2023, Annual Review of Law and Social Science)
  • Procedural Justice and Self Governance on Twitter (2022, Journal of Online Trust and Safety)

Frequent coauthors in their research include Matthew Katsaros, Tracey L. Meares, Thomas C. O'Brien, Caroline Nobo, and Yael Granot.

Tyler's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Journal of Social Issues
  • Journal of Online Trust and Safety
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Social Justice Research
  • Technology Mind and Behavior

In addition to articles, Tyler has authored books published by Edward Elgar Publishing and Cambridge University Press, including:

  • Advanced Introduction to Law and Psychology (2022)
  • Legitimacy-Based Policing and the Promotion of Community Vitality (2022)

Among awards, Tyler was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1993.

Best Publications

  • The Social Psychology of Procedural Justice

    E. Allan Lind;Tom R. Tyler

  • A Relational Model of Authority in Groups

    Tom R. Tyler;E. Allan Lind

  • Psychological perspectives on legitimacy and legitimation.

    Tom R. Tyler

  • The Group Engagement Model: Procedural Justice, Social Identity, and Cooperative Behavior

    Tom R. Tyler;Steven L. Blader

  • Cooperation in Groups: Procedural Justice, Social Identity, and Behavioral Engagement

    Tom R. Tyler;Steven L. Blader

  • Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and the Effective Rule of Law

    Tom R. Tyler

  • The psychology of procedural justice: A test of the group-value model.

    Tom R. Tyler

  • Enhancing Police Legitimacy

    Tom R. Tyler

  • What is procedural justice? Criteria used by citizens to assess the fairness of legal procedures.

    Tom R. Tyler

  • Beyond Formal Procedures: The Interpersonal Context of Procedural Justice

    Tom R. Tyler;Robert J. Bies

  • Social Justice In A Diverse Society

    Tom R. Tyler;Robert J. Boeckmann;Heather J. Smith;Yuen J. Huo

  • Psychological models of the justice motive: Antecedents of distributive and procedural justice.

    Tom R. Tyler

  • Why do People Comply with the Law? Legitimacy and the Influence of Legal Institutions

    Jonathan Jackson;Ben Bradford;Mike Hough;Andy Myhill

  • Self-Interest vs. Symbolic Politics in Policy Attitudes and Presidential Voting

    David O. Sears;Richard R. Lau;Tom R. Tyler;Harris M. Allen

  • Testing and extending the group engagement model: Linkages between social identity, procedural justice, economic outcomes, and extrarole behavior.

    Steven L. Blader;Tom R. Tyler

  • When Trust Matters: The Moderating Effect of Outcome Favorability

    Joel Brockner;Phyllis A. Siegel;Joseph P. Daly;Tom Tyler

  • PROFILING AND POLICE LEGITIMACY: PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, ATTRIBUTIONS OF MOTIVE, AND ACCEPTANCE OF POLICE AUTHORITY*

    Tom R. Tyler;Cheryl J. Wakslak

  • The Influence of Prior Commitment to an Institution on Reactions to Perceived Unfairness: The Higher They Are, the Harder They Fall

    Joel Brockner;Tom R. Tyler;Rochelle Cooper-Schneider

  • Understanding why the justice of group procedures matters: A test of the psychological dynamics of the group-value model.

    Tom Tyler;Peter Degoey;Heather Smith

  • Social Justice: Outcome and Procedure

    Tom R. Tyler

Frequent Co-Authors

E. Allan Lind
E. Allan Lind Duke University
John M. Darley
John M. Darley Princeton University
David De Cremer
David De Cremer National University of Singapore
John T. Jost
John T. Jost New York University
Roderick M. Kramer
Roderick M. Kramer Stanford University
Mark Snyder
Mark Snyder University of Minnesota
Susan M. Andersen
Susan M. Andersen New York University
Mark van Vugt
Mark van Vugt Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Michael J. Platow
Michael J. Platow Australian National University
David M. Amodio
David M. Amodio University of Amsterdam

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