Kyprianides, Arabella;
Bradford, Ben;
(2025)
'I can see that it's bad for them': third party judgements about the effect of procedural injustice on mental health and relationships with the police.
Journal of Experimental Criminology
10.1007/s11292-025-09667-8.
(In press).
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Explore why people react so strongly to procedural injustice experienced by others. One possibility is that people recognise the marginalisation and psychological harm that injustice can cause. METHODS: Explore why people react so strongly to procedural injustice experienced by others. One possibility is that people recognise the marginalisation and psychological harm that injustice can cause. RESULTS: Exposure to procedurally unjust police behaviour led to more negative evaluations of its psychological impact on the victim. Procedural injustice was seen as harmful to mental health due to its link to social exclusion. Such exposure reduced trust, legitimacy, and identification with police. These negative perceptions were driven by recognition of the victim’s psychological harm. CONCLUSION: Findings highlight the critical role of psychological harm in driving public responses to unjust policing. Addressing this harm is essential for fostering trust and repairing fractured relationships between police and the communities they serve.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | 'I can see that it's bad for them': third party judgements about the effect of procedural injustice on mental health and relationships with the police |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11292-025-09667-8 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-025-09667-8 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2025 Springer Nature. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Exclusion, Identification, Legitimacy, Mental health, Procedural injustice, Trust |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10205761 |
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