Abstract

Multidimensional constructs like procedural justice and trustworthiness are important drivers of public trust in the police. Less attention has been paid, however, to the differential import of the dimensions of procedural justice (voice, respect and impartiality) or trustworthiness (ability, benevolence and integrity). A national convenience sample of US residents was asked to prioritize among the dimensions of procedural justice (Study 1) or trustworthiness (Study 2) in designing the officer with whom they would want to interact in each of the four scenarios. These scenarios were then varied as a function of the ostensible severity and concreteness of the salient, police-controlled harm. Our results suggest that, when forced to allocate limited resources among them, participants systematically prioritized some dimensions over others. The findings also shed preliminary light on the elements of the situation that may impact that prioritization.

中文翻译：

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利用公共优先事项来理清警察与公民互动中的程序正义和可信赖性

摘要

程序正义和可信赖性等多维结构是公众对警察信任的重要推动力。然而，人们对程序正义（声音，尊重和公正）或可信赖性（能力，仁慈和正直）各方面的区别导入的关注较少。在设计四种情况下与他们进行互动的官员时，要求美国居民在全国范围内进行抽样调查，以优先考虑程序正义（研究1）或可信度（研究2）的维度。然后，这些情况根据明显的严重程度和警察控制的重大伤害的具体程度而变化。我们的结果表明，当被迫在其中分配有限的资源时，参与者会系统地将某些维度优先于其他维度。