Mirage of Police Reform

Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy

Prof. Robert E. Worden, Sarah J. McLean

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English

University of California Press
12 May 2017

Police & security services; Police procedures

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

In the United States, the exercise of police authority—and the public’s trust that police authority is used properly—is a recurring concern. Contemporary prescriptions for police reform hold that the public would better trust the police and feel a greater obligation to comply and cooperate if police-citizen interactions were marked by higher levels of procedural justice by police.

In this book, Robert E. Worden and Sarah J. McLean argue that the procedural justice model of reform is a mirage. From a distance, procedural justice seemingly offers a relief from strained police-community relations. But a closer look at police organizations and police-citizen interactions shows that the relief offered by such reform is, in fact, illusory.

By: Prof. Robert E. Worden, Sarah J. McLean
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780520292413
ISBN 10: 0520292413
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 12 May 2017
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert E. Worden is Director of the John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany, SUNY. Sarah J. McLean is Associate Director and Director of Research and Technical Assistance at the John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety.

Reviews for Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy

This research is an exemplary demonstration of not only the power of what Morris Janowitz called the engineering model of social science research . . . but also of its limitations. Worden and McLean's findings, some of them surprising, indicate why the procedural justice reform cannot make much difference. * American Journal of Sociology * A vital addition to the literature. * Contemporary Sociology * Mirage of Police Reform, by Worden and McLean, is a fresh and timely look at procedural justice, police legitimacy, and community trust... in a very significant way, [it moves] the discussion forward on police and community expectations in still volatile times. * International Criminal Justice Review *