RT Article
T1 University public safety officers’ perceptions of personal and departmental implementation of restorative justice principles
JF Criminal justice studies
VO 38
IS 2
SP 196
OP 208
A1 McDowell, Lana A.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/192930014X
AB This exploratory study considers whether university public safety officers perceive their individual and departmental police practices address harms, root causes, and needs of victims, offenders, and the campus community in criminal incidents as well as non-criminal conflict situations. Further, the study seeks to understand whether officers consider how actions taken may affect involved parties and if they perceive themselves to be valued and approachable by members of the campus community. The study also examines officers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of available campus disciplinary action options in rebuilding relationships among campus community members and if additional action options are preferred. Findings indicate respondents perceived the department, as well as individual actions taken, were more likely to address the harms, needs, and effects of actions taken for victims and community members more than offending parties. Results suggest respondents perceived attempts to discover root causes of criminal incidents as well as non-criminal conflict situations occurred at both the departmental and individual level, and officers perceived themselves to be approachable by members of the campus community. However, fewer respondents felt valued by members of the campus community and fewer respondents perceived available disciplinary action options were effective in rebuilding relationships among involved campus parties.
K1 addressing root causes
K1 addressing harms
K1 addressing needs
K1 perceptions of restorative justice practices
K1 university police
K1 Law Enforcement
DO 10.1080/1478601X.2025.2509048