Procedural Justice

Testing a Social Schematic Model of Police Procedural Justice

Citizens’ global perceptions of police procedural justice are anchored in broader perceptions of how people treat each other.

Demeanor, Race, and Police Perceptions of Procedural Justice: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments

Experiments with officers from two agencies showed citizen demeanor affects their willingness to exercise procedural justice

Police Perceptions of Their External Legitimacy in High and Low Crime Areas of the Community

Police believe their legitimacy is evaluated differently by citizens of high- and low-crime neighborhoods

Do the Police Believe That Legitimacy Promotes Cooperation From the Public?

Yes, but results indicate they think effectively fighting crime is more important

Police Officers’ Trust in Their Agency: Does Self-Legitimacy Protect Against Supervisor Procedural Injustice?

Yes, it does.

Is the Effect of Procedural Justice on Police Legitimacy Invariant? Testing the Generality of Procedural Justice and Competing Antecedents of Legitimacy

The relationship between perceived procedural justice and police legitimacy appears to be quite robust.

Trust in the Police: The Influence of Procedural Justice and Perceived Collective Efficacy

In our data, procedural justice partially mediated the relationship between perceived collective efficacy and trust in the police