TY - JOUR
T1 - Illuminating the Concept of Community (Group)-Level Procedural Justice
T2 - A Qualitative Analysis of Protestors’ Group-Level Experiences With the Police
AU - Jonathan-Zamir, Tal
AU - Perry, Gali
AU - Weisburd, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - “Procedural justice” (PJ) has traditionally been thought of as an intragroup model, characterizing interpersonal interactions between police officers and specific individuals. O’Brien et al. recently proposed that PJ is also a useful framework for examining intergroup dynamics, and can thus be used to typify interactions between the police and communities/social groups as a whole. Yet, as a novel construct, its precise content remains unclear. We use qualitative, in-depth interviews with individuals who encountered police as a group of protestors, to illuminate the constituent elements of group-level PJ. We identify four concerns with group-level treatment: respect for the existence and cause of the group, partnership with the group, recognizing the individual within the group, and displaying the “right” motivation: allowing group activities to take place safely. We discuss the implications of our findings, arguing that they pave the way for more exhaustive modeling of the fairness embedded in authorities’ treatment.
AB - “Procedural justice” (PJ) has traditionally been thought of as an intragroup model, characterizing interpersonal interactions between police officers and specific individuals. O’Brien et al. recently proposed that PJ is also a useful framework for examining intergroup dynamics, and can thus be used to typify interactions between the police and communities/social groups as a whole. Yet, as a novel construct, its precise content remains unclear. We use qualitative, in-depth interviews with individuals who encountered police as a group of protestors, to illuminate the constituent elements of group-level PJ. We identify four concerns with group-level treatment: respect for the existence and cause of the group, partnership with the group, recognizing the individual within the group, and displaying the “right” motivation: allowing group activities to take place safely. We discuss the implications of our findings, arguing that they pave the way for more exhaustive modeling of the fairness embedded in authorities’ treatment.
KW - community (group)-level procedural justice
KW - legitimacy
KW - policing
KW - procedural justice
KW - qualitative analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098257459&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0093854820983388
DO - 10.1177/0093854820983388
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AN - SCOPUS:85098257459
SN - 0093-8548
VL - 48
SP - 791
EP - 809
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
IS - 6
ER -