Mirage of Police Reform
In the United States, the exercise of police authority—and the public’s trust that police authority is used properly—is a recurring concern. Contemporary prescriptions for police reform hold that the public would trust the police more and feel a greater obligation to comply and cooperate if police-c...
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| author | Worden, Robert McLean, Sarah |
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| description | In the United States, the exercise of police authority—and the public’s trust that police authority is used properly—is a recurring concern. Contemporary prescriptions for police reform hold that the public would trust the police more and feel a greater obligation to comply and cooperate if police-citizen interactions were marked by higher levels of procedural justice by police. In this book, Robert E. Worden and Sarah J. McLean argue that the procedural justice model of reform is a mirage. From a distance, procedural justice seems to offer relief from strained police-community relations. But a closer look at police organizations and police-citizen interactions shows that the relief offered by such reform is, in fact, illusory. A procedural justice model of policing is likely to be only loosely coupled with police practice, despite the best intentions, and improvements in procedural justice on the part of police are unlikely to result in corresponding improvements in citizens’ perceptions of procedural justice. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-282042025-07-21T15:58:25Z Mirage of Police Reform Worden, Robert McLean, Sarah Law Forensic Science thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAR Legal aspects of criminology thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAR Legal aspects of criminology In the United States, the exercise of police authority—and the public’s trust that police authority is used properly—is a recurring concern. Contemporary prescriptions for police reform hold that the public would trust the police more and feel a greater obligation to comply and cooperate if police-citizen interactions were marked by higher levels of procedural justice by police. In this book, Robert E. Worden and Sarah J. McLean argue that the procedural justice model of reform is a mirage. From a distance, procedural justice seems to offer relief from strained police-community relations. But a closer look at police organizations and police-citizen interactions shows that the relief offered by such reform is, in fact, illusory. A procedural justice model of policing is likely to be only loosely coupled with police practice, despite the best intentions, and improvements in procedural justice on the part of police are unlikely to result in corresponding improvements in citizens’ perceptions of procedural justice. 2021-02-10T13:22:03Z 2021-02-10T13:22:03Z 2020-12-15T13:55:48Z 2017 book OCN: 987000161 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43755 9780520292413 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28204 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43755/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43755/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43755/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43755/1/external_content.pdf University of California Press University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.30 10.1525/luminos.30 19856893-4bf2-4e3e-9137-c7692d64e4c1 Knowledge Unlatched 9780520292413 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of California Press open access |
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