Procedural justice is known to enhance perceptions of police legitimacy. Studies show that procedural justice may be less effective for some individuals and groups, while others show it to be more effective. This study investigates the contingency of the procedural justice effect and considers the effectiveness of procedural justice for certain individuals through the concept of disengagement. Utilizing a survey of 1480 ethnic minority group members, the study tests whether or not disengagement moderates the effect of procedural justice on perceptions of police legitimacy. As expected, we find procedural justice is linked to enhanced perceptions of police legitimacy, while disengagement is associated with reduced perceptions of legitimacy. Interestingly, the study finds that procedural justice is more effective for building legitimacy for ethnic minority respondents who report being highly disengaged from police. These findings highlight how police might be able to improve perceptions of their legitimacy among disaffected minority communities.

The present study examines whether procedural justice policing can promote Muslims' willingness to cooperate with police in terrorism prevention. Using survey data from 800 Australian Muslims, we show that Muslims value procedural justice when it comes to working with police to prevent terrorism. We also examine whether social identification processes or perceptions of police legitimacy explain why procedural justice promotes Muslims' willingness to work with police. The findings suggest that despite the salience of identity within the current political discourse about terrorism and Islam, perceptions of police legitimacy appear to have a stronger bearing on Muslims' predicted behaviour. We consider

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Pour ceux qui doivent passer en cour, de nombreux aspects de l'atmosphère de la salle d'audience pourraient sembler désagréables. Des problèmes généraux comme des retards, de la confusion et des comportements non professionnels pourraient mener à des évaluations plus globales de l'ensemble du système de justice, peu importe si les gens sentent qu'ils ont été traités, personnellement, de manière raisonnable par différents acteurs du tribunal. On a exploré ce phénomène en interrogeant des jeunes après leur première comparution en cour et en évaluant indépendamment l'atmosphère d'ensemble de la salle d'audience. On a découvert que peu importe comment les jeunes perçoivent le traitement qu'ils ont reçu, l'atmosphère de la salle d'audience était statistiquement étroitement liée à leur évaluation globale de la légitimité du système de justice pénale. Ceux qui ont perçu de la confusion et un manque de professionnalisme avaient tendance à juger l'ensemble du système de justice comme étant moins valable que ceux qui ont vécu une meilleure expérience.Mots clés : justice en matière de procédure, atmosphère de la salle d'audience, perception des jeunes contrevenants, tribunal pour adolescents For those who are negotiating their way through court, there are potentially many aspects of the court-room atmosphere that can be perceived as 6 2010 CJCCJ/RCCJP

We examine citizen satisfaction with police-citizen encounters. More specifically, we consider whether pre-existing defiant postures shape citizens' perceptions of the procedural justice of the encounter, and their general satisfaction with the encounter. Utilizing longitudinal survey data collected from 1,190 citizens, we examine 440 people who reported having personal contact with police in the 12-month period preceding the second survey. We find both resistant and disengaged forms of defiance at Time 1 result in lower perceptions of procedural justice and satisfaction during the police-citizen encounter at Time 2. Importantly, procedural justice fully mediates the relationship between defiance and satisfaction with police. These findings suggest that how citizens view police coming into a police-citizen encounter can impact their perceptions of procedural justice and, in turn, their satisfaction with the encounter. Testing a model of citizen defiance during police-citizen contacts is important because it helps us to better understand the way in which preconceived understandings of the police contribute to citizen interpretations of police-citizen encounters. The implication is that citizens who are actively resistant or disengaged during police-citizen encounters may also influence the way police subsequently interact with them.