Roundtable: The Intersection of Gender, Race, and Policing: The Mediating Effect of Procedural Justice

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Procedural justice describes the idea that how individuals regard the justice system is tied more to the perceived fairness of the process and how they were treated rather than to the perceived fairness of the outcome. In other words, even someone who receives a traffic ticket or “loses” their case in court will rate the system favorably if s/he feels that the outcome is arrived at fairly. This roundtable presents various papers that explore the relationship between procedural justice and potential discrimination between different races/ethnicities and genders in the delivery of procedural justice. Papers range from the perception of fairness and attitudes toward female officers in traffic stops – to the perceptions held by off duty minority officers when pulled over by on-duty cops.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII: Roundtable Sessions

Division of Special Interests

• Divisions of Special Interest / Division of Policing

• Divisions of Special Interest / Division on Women & Crime

Chair

• John Paul, Wichita State University

Discussants

• Michael L. Birzer, Wichita State University

• Delores Craig-Moreland, Wichita State University

• Kelli D. Grant, Kansas State University

• Sue L Williams, Kansas State University

• John Grube, Kansas State University

• April Terry, Fort Hays State University & Kansas State University