Promoting Ethnic Minority Engagement with Police: Does Procedural Justice Matter?

• In Event: Police Legitimacy and Procedural Justice (1): New Perspectives on Police-Citizen Relations

Abstract

In 2015, the Presidential Taskforce on 21st Century Policing recommended that police should adopt procedural justice to build trust among members of racial and ethnic minority communities. Procedural justice policing has been shown to increase public trust in police and perceptions of the police as legitimate authorities. However, several recent studies have revealed that procedural justice does not always produce positive results. Utilising survey data collected from 1480 individuals from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, the current study will examine the conditions under which procedural justice policing promotes trust in police. Of specific interest is whether procedural justice works with highly disengaged individuals. The findings will add to our knowledge of procedural justice policing and will have practical implications for how police build trust among disengaged communities.

Authors

• Natasha Madon, Griffith University

• Kristina Murphy, Griffith University