Research in Brief: Passing It Forward: Modeling Procedural Justice in the Workplace to Improve Public-Police Interactions

Research in Brief

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Research in Brief: Passing It Forward: Modeling Procedural Justice in the Workplace to Improve Public-Police Interactions

Emily Owens, Associate Professor, University of California; David Weisburd, Distinguished Professor, Director, Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University, Virginia; Karen L. Amendola, Chief Behavioral Scientist, Police Foundation, Washington, DC; and Geoffrey Alpert, Professor, University of South Carolina

Law enforcement agencies operate more effectively and efficiently when they are able to convince the public that officers aggressively arrest dangerous criminals while treating all members of the public fairly and equitably. In other words, officers must be both warriors, and guardians.1 A recent emphasis on procedural justice has helped officers demonstrate that they are being … Continue reading Research in Brief: Passing It Forward: Modeling Procedural Justice in the Workplace to Improve Public-Police Interactions