Back at Square One: Reshaping Law Enforcement Training for Procedural Justice and Community Trust
Abstract
This thesis examines the extent to which and how select law enforcement organizations provide procedural justice training and identifies organizational barriers and drivers likely to affect broader implementation of procedural justice training. When procedural justice is a core operating and organizational principle in law enforcement, the results are higher public trust and lower adverse public interactions. Existing research, however, does not examine the extent or processes through which law enforcement organizations provide procedural justice training. This thesis presents the results of a qualitative analysis that included interviews and research on current practices and a Lewin force field analysis. This thesis found that while such training is provided to academy recruits, there is limited subsequent in-service training and a lack of internal procedural justice training for supervisors. Therefore, this thesis offers several recommendations for further research and policy change: a reassessment of when and how often procedural training is provided and the implementation of continuous annual in-service training for line personnel and those promoting to supervisory roles.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1201746
Entities
People
- Fabio H. Serrato
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School