This article explores procedural justice and motivational postures theories through the lens of Community Protection Notices (CPN), civil measures used to tackle anti-social behaviour in England and Wales. Through a qualitative study of CPN recipients, this article adds to our understanding of the social identity aspect of procedural justice theory by examining the impact on self-identified ‘upstanding citizens’ issued with a CPN for behaviours that they disputed on moral grounds. In order to renegotiate this anti-social label, participants explored other social categories to create distance between themselves and the authorities and challenged their role as representatives of the ‘law-abiding majority’. Ultimately, participants felt ‘compelled’ to comply with the requirements of their CPN, which in turn damaged perceptions of legitimacy.

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程序正义、合规与“正直公民”：社区保护通知研究

本文通过社区保护通知 (CPN) 的视角探讨程序正义和动机姿势理论，CPN 是用于解决英格兰和威尔士反社会行为的民事措施。通过对 CPN 接受者的定性研究，本文通过检查对获得 CPN 的自我认同的“正直公民”因道德理由提出争议的行为的影响，增加了我们对程序正义理论的社会认同方面的理解。为了重新协商这个反社会标签，参与者探索了其他社会类别，以在他们与当局之间拉开距离，并挑战他们作为“守法多数”代表的角色。最终，参与者感到“被迫”遵守他们的 CPN 的要求，这反过来又损害了对合法性的看法。