RT Article
T1 Procedural Justice, Compliance and The ‘Upstanding Citizen’: A Study of Community Protection Notices
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 62
IS 6
SP 1414
OP 1430
A1 Black, Alex
A2 Heap, Vicky 1983-
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1838882650
AB This article explores procedural justice and motivational postures theories through the lens of Community Protection Notices (CPN), civil measures used to tackle anti-social behaviour in England and Wales. Through a qualitative study of CPN recipients, this article adds to our understanding of the social identity aspect of procedural justice theory by examining the impact on self-identified ‘upstanding citizens’ issued with a CPN for behaviours that they disputed on moral grounds. In order to renegotiate this anti-social label, participants explored other social categories to create distance between themselves and the authorities and challenged their role as representatives of the ‘law-abiding majority’. Ultimately, participants felt ‘compelled’ to comply with the requirements of their CPN, which in turn damaged perceptions of legitimacy.
K1 Anti-social behaviour
K1 compliance, 5520 |s|legitimacy
K1 motivational postures
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 Social Identity
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab114