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Testing A Social Schematic Model Of Police Procedural Justice, Justin T. Pickett, Justin Nix
Testing A Social Schematic Model Of Police Procedural Justice, Justin T. Pickett, Justin Nix
Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications
Procedural justice theory increasingly guides policing reforms in the United States and abroad. Yet the primary sources of perceived police procedural justice are still unclear. Building on social schema research, we posit civilians’ perceptions of police procedural justice only partly reflect their personal and vicarious experiences with officers. We theorize perceptions of the police are anchored in a broader “relational justice schema,” composed of views about how respectful, fair, and unbiased most people are in their dealings with others. Individuals’ experiences with certain nonlegal actors and neighborhood environments should directly affect their relational justice schema and indirectly affect their evaluation …
Exploring Officer Views Of Community Policing In Counterterrorism, Erin M. Kearns
Exploring Officer Views Of Community Policing In Counterterrorism, Erin M. Kearns
Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications
Recently there has been increased emphasis on actionable intelligence in counterterrorism. Building from the process-based model of regulation, police chiefs and scholars generally agree that community policing has promise in this regard. Yet, it is not clear the extent to which police officers concur. Since officers are in a position to implement community policing practices, it is important to understand variants in officer-level support. Using data collected from 741 officers in three departments, this project explores officer-level views of community policing’s utility to address terrorism and more common crimes. Overall, officers view community policing as appropriate to address both common …