The Evaluation of Procedural Justice Training in the Norfolk Police Department, Norfolk Virginia

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10-29-2019

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Police Chief Online

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[Introduction] There is an emerging body of scholarship that suggests that procedural justice plays a significant role in the public's perception of police legitimacy. Contemporary community standards have increasingly demanded that police departments make fairness one of their highest priorities; however, the concept of procedural justice is more than treating people with fairness. The concept draws specifically on four defined elements of community-police interactions: (1) community members want to be treated with respect (respect); (2) the public wants to be able to voice their concerns (voice); (3) people want police to act as a neutral third party (neutrality); and (4) the public expects police motives to be trustworthy (trustworthiness).1 While the concept of procedural justice has been explored and evaluated in practice, only one study has evaluated the effectiveness of formal classroom procedural justice training.

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Reprinted from Police Chief Online, October 29, 2019.

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Alternate title: "Research in Brief: The Evaluation of Procedural Justice Training in the Norfolk Police Department, Norfolk Virginia."

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Kenter, R., Dai, M. & Thomas, L. (2019, October 29). The evaluation of procedural justice training in the Norfolk Police Department, Norfolk Virginia. Police Chief Online. https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/research-in-brief-the-evaluation-of-procedural-justice-training-in-the-norfolk-police-department-norfolk-virginia/?ref=064aa9b10bc2c10418a378d0549e8456

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