EPISODE 108 IS HERE. In this episode, we speak with Professor Tom Tyler about the beginning of his career, his contributions to criminology, and his thoughts on the discipline.
Tom Tyler is the Macklin Fleming Professor Emeritus of Law and Professor of Psychology at Yale Law School, as well as a Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory. He is also a professor (by courtesy) at the Yale School of Management. Professor Tyler’s research explores the role of justice in shaping people’s relationships with groups, organizations, communities, and societies. In particular, he examines the role of judgments about the justice or injustice of group procedures in shaping legitimacy, compliance and cooperation. He was awarded the Harry Kalven prize for “paradigm shifting scholarship in the study of law and society” by the Law and Society Association in 2000, in 2012 he was honored by the International Society for Justice Research with its Lifetime Achievement Award for innovative research on social justice, and in 2024 he was awarded the prestigious Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his research on legitimacy and procedural justice. He holds a PhD in social psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Get in touch with Tim:
Yale Law School Website // tom.tyler AT yale.edu
These are the works authored by Tom that were
discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Tyler, T. R. (2006). Why people obey the law. Princeton University Press.
Lind, E. A., & Tyler, T. R. (2013). The social psychology of procedural justice. Springer Science & Business Media.
Tyler, T. R. (2023). Whither legitimacy? Legal authority in the twenty-first century. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 19(1), 1-17.