Procedural Justice Case Study

Put yourself in the shoes of the suspect. How do you think he feels about some of Tyler 's (1988) procedural justice considerations like the procedural justice and motive-based trust? Why?

First and foremost, the case of the suspect was a process-based regulation which was applied to him by the officer. The real matter was that the behavior of the young black man seemed to be speculative according to the officer, so he went ahead and inspected him. In such an instance the suspect’s thoughts regarding such a treatment may be quite different.

Moreover, despite the fact that the procedural justice should be administered with respect to the suspect, the actual attempt of the officer to apply it to him may seem to be a way of disrespecting him due to his skin color. On the other side, the suspect may understand that it’s the right of the officer to inspect him without any explanations. However, on the other hand, he will continue to think that his skin color was the one that made the officer to come to him in particular. So, the

In one way, it can help to prevent an unlimited deal of crimes but on the other hand, the way in which it’s carried on creates avenues for the discrimination of the minority groups and looking for a crime where there isn’t. So, the issue of the proactive policing is neither good nor bad and should be considered from different points of view.

To be more specific, proactive policing is decent because it allows the police to apply their experience in order to identify the criminals. So, it plays a role in the reduction of the crime in the society. Adding to that, it may help to prevent crime for it uses much of preventive strategies that are directed on the revealing of crimes where they occur often and searches for the criminals on the basis of their membership in the group which is known to be notorious. So, the preventive value of the proactive policing cannot be