Student Attitudes towards Police — The Importance of Perceived Fairness and Procedural Justice
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC 137A
Start Date
16-5-2013
End Date
16-5-2013
Abstract
An emerging concept in policing is procedural justice, or the perception of being fairly treated in a specific police contact. Many studies have found that procedural justice greatly outweighs commonly examined characteristics, such as race, and the development of global attitudes towards police. These general attitudes are essential in creating a community-police partnership, and have often been used as theoretical measure of community satisfaction. Using data collected from students in a four-year university in the Pacific Northwest, the current study examined the importance of procedural fairness within a specific encounter in comparison with its outcome. Findings relate to the importance of perceived respectfulness of an officer and the impact it has on general attitudes.
Recommended Citation
Shafer, Jillian, "Student Attitudes towards Police — The Importance of Perceived Fairness and Procedural Justice " (2013). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 113.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2013/oralpresentations/113
Additional Mentoring Department
Law and Justice
Additional Mentoring Department
Psychology
Student Attitudes towards Police — The Importance of Perceived Fairness and Procedural Justice
SURC 137A
An emerging concept in policing is procedural justice, or the perception of being fairly treated in a specific police contact. Many studies have found that procedural justice greatly outweighs commonly examined characteristics, such as race, and the development of global attitudes towards police. These general attitudes are essential in creating a community-police partnership, and have often been used as theoretical measure of community satisfaction. Using data collected from students in a four-year university in the Pacific Northwest, the current study examined the importance of procedural fairness within a specific encounter in comparison with its outcome. Findings relate to the importance of perceived respectfulness of an officer and the impact it has on general attitudes.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Cody Stoddard, Ralf Greenwald