RT Article
T1 “You are first a migrant”: The role of police procedural injustice and social identity among Nigerian immigrants in the United States
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 24
IS 3
SP 531
OP 549
A1 Sarpong, Dennis
A2 Reisig, Michael Dean 1968-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1895379830
AB Process-based policing represents a strategy for building productive relationships between the police and residents. This study used data from in-depth qualitative interviews with Nigerian immigrants living in a large city to gauge the potential utility of this strategy. Although participants expected the police to behave in a manner consistent with an idealized image of the United States, police contacts were typically characterized as procedurally unfair, which negatively affected their social identity, their support for the police, and their willingness to comply and cooperate. Participants indicated that such treatment signaled to them that the police considered migrants an outgroup whose members represented a threat to public order and required higher levels of social control. Nevertheless, the evidence suggested that procedurally just tactics may prove effective over time, which could help immigrants identify with the police, support them, and report crimes.
K1 Process-based model
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 Migration
K1 Legitimacy
K1 Immigration
DO 10.1177/17488958221132760