Building immigrants’ solidarity with police: procedural justice, identity and immigrants’ willingness to cooperate with police

Some immigrants can be reluctant to cooperate with the police due to experiences of social exclusion and discrimination. Procedural justice scholars argue that people cooperate with police when they feel the police are just and fair because such treatment motivates identification with social categor...

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Authors: Murphy, Kristina (Author) ; Bradford, Ben (Author) ; Sargeant, Elise (Author) ; Cherney, Adrian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 299-319
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Keywords:
Procedural Justice
Immigrants
Identification with police
Cooperation
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Summary:Some immigrants can be reluctant to cooperate with the police due to experiences of social exclusion and discrimination. Procedural justice scholars argue that people cooperate with police when they feel the police are just and fair because such treatment motivates identification with social categories that police represent. In this paper, we consider whether immigrants in Australia respond favourably to procedurally just treatment from police because it enhances their identification with both Australia and the police. Using survey data from 903 Vietnamese, Middle Eastern and British immigrants, we demonstrate an association between police procedural justice and both modes of identification. We also find that both identities mediate the relationship between procedural justice and cooperation. The implications of these findings are discussed.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azab052