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Gau, J. M. (2013). Consent searches as a threat to procedural justice and police legitimacy: An analysis of consent requests during traffic stops. Criminal justice policy review, 24(6), 759-777.
procedural justice, Consent searches, police legitimacy, traffic citations, traffic stops
Consent searches during traffic stops offer police a way to expediently check motorists’ vehicles for contraband. Asking drivers for consent…
Read moreHaller, M. B., R. Solhjell, E. Saarikkomäki, T. Kolind, G. Hunt, D. Wästerfors (2018). “Minor harassments: Ethnic minority youth in the Nordic countries and their perceptions of the police.” Criminology & Criminal Justice.
procedural justice, Ethnic minority youth, micro-aggressions, minor harassments, Nordic policing
As different social groups are directly and indirectly confronted with diverse forms of police practices, different sectors of the population…
Read moreEngel, R. S. (2005). Citizens’ perceptions of distributive and procedural injustice during traffic stops with police. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 42(4), 445-481.
procedural justice, distributive justice, Injustice, police, racial profiling, traffic stops
This article examines the hypothesis that citizens' perceptions of injustice are based on normative factors (i.e., perceptions of equity and…
Read moreCraen, M. Van (2013). Explaining Majority and Minority Trust in the Police, Justice Quarterly, 30:6, 1042-1067, DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.649295
performance, procedural justice, social capital, minority, police, Trust
This article tests the contribution that social capital theory, performance theory, and the procedural justice-based model can make towards explaining…
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