“Procedural justice” (PJ) has traditionally been thought of as an intragroup model, characterizing interpersonal interactions between police officers and specific individuals. O’Brien et al. recently proposed that PJ is also a useful framework for examining intergroup dynamics, and can thus be used to typify interactions between the police and communities/social groups as a whole. Yet, as a novel construct, its precise content remains unclear. We use qualitative, in-depth interviews with individuals who encountered police as a group of protestors, to illuminate the constituent elements of group-level PJ. We identify four concerns with group-level treatment: respect for the existence and cause of the group, partnership with the group, recognizing the individual within the group, and displaying the “right” motivation: allowing group activities to take place safely. We discuss the implications of our findings, arguing that they pave the way for more exhaustive modeling of the fairness embedded in authorities’ treatment.

传统上，“程序正义”（PJ）被认为是一种群体内部模型，它表征了警官与特定个人之间的人际互动。O'Brien等。最近，PJ还是检查群体间动态的有用框架，因此可以用来代表警察与整个社区/社会群体之间的互动。然而，作为一种新颖的结构，其确切内容仍不清楚。我们使用定性，深入的访谈方式，对作为抗议者团体遇到警察的个人进行说明，以阐明团体级PJ的构成要素。我们确定了与小组级别待遇有关的四个问题：尊重小组的存在和原因，与小组的伙伴关系，认可小组中的个人以及显示“正确的”动机：允许小组活动安全地进行。我们讨论了我们的发现的含义，认为它们为更详尽地建模嵌入当局治疗中的公平性铺平了道路。