RT Article
T1 ‘Playing the Game’: Power, Authority and Procedural Justice in Interactions Between Police and Homeless People in London
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 61
IS 3
SP 670
OP 689
A1 Kyprianides, Arabella
A2 Stott, Clifford John T.
A2 Bradford, Ben
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1760576301
AB We explore the relevance of procedural justice theory for understanding the relationship between police and marginalized groups and individuals. Analysis is based on ethnographic research into the policing of the street population in an inner London borough through shadowing policing patrols and embedding observation within the homeless community. Police-street population relationships appear characterized by: (1) a structural context of extreme disempowerment; (2) a micro-sociological dimension relating to the exercise of authority and (3) a dynamic power relationship characterized by ‘the game of cat and mouse’. The nature of interactions within this context and the extreme marginality of the street population alter the weight placed on fairness perceptions and the extent to which police activity can affect legitimacy and compliance.
K1 Power
K1 Authority
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 Police
K1 Homeless People
DO 10.1093/bjc/azaa086