The Impact of Procedurally-Just Policing on Citizen Perceptions of Police During Traffic Stops The Adana Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: Journal of quantitative criminology Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 701 - 726
• Main Authors: Sahin, Nusret, Braga, Anthony A., Apel, Robert, Brunson, Rod K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science + Business Media 01.12.2017; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Citizens; Clinical trials; Crime prevention; Criminal justice; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Executives; Intervention; Law and Criminology; Law enforcement; Legitimacy; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Optimism; Organizational effectiveness; ORIGINAL PAPER; Perceptions; Police; Policing; Procedural justice; Sociology; Speeding; Statistics; Traffic; Traffic police; Violations; Legitimacy; Police; Traffic stops; Procedural justice; Randomized experiment

Objectives The process-based model of police legitimacy suggests, when police are perceived to make fair decisions and treat people with respect, they will be viewed as legitimate authorities. A randomized controlled trial was used to test the impact of a procedural justice policing intervention, re...