Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Policing

• Main Authors: Mazerolle, Lorraine (Author), Sargeant, Elise (Author), Cherney, Adrian (Author), Bennett, Sarah (Author), Murphy, Kristina (Author), Antrobus, Emma (Author), Martin, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

This brief focuses on the “doing” of procedural justice: what the police can do to implement the principles of procedural justice, and how their actions can improve citizen perceptions of police legitimacy. Drawing on research from Australia (Mazerolle et al), the UK (Stanko, Bradford, Jackson etc a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Effective Approaches Using the Principles of Procedural Justice
• Use of Research Evidence
• Barriers to Implementation
• Mechanisms that Help Translation
• Conclusions.