Procedural Justice
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Effective | Implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s). | On average, there is strong evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will achieve the intended outcome. | |
Promising | Implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s) | On average, there is some evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will achieve the intended outcome. | |
No Effects | Implementing the program is unlikely to result in the intended outcome(s) and may result in a negative outcome(s). | On average, there is strong evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will not achieve the intended outcome or may result in a negative outcome. |
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Program Profile: Police Body-Worn Cameras (Turkey) |
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Procedural justice, Law enforcement | This intervention involves officers wearing cameras on their uniforms to increase citizens’ intentions to comply with police and improve their perceptions of police during traffic stops. The program is rated Promising. Drivers who encountered officers with cameras had statistically significant increases in both compliance and cooperation with officers and improved perceptions of procedural justice and police legitimacy, compared with drivers who encountered officers not wearing cameras. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Detroit (Mich.) Ceasefire |
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Gang Crime, Gun violence, Databases, Problem-oriented policing, Crime prevention, Victimization, Gangs, Arrests, Victims of crime | This is a focused deterrence police strategy that was designed to reduce gang- and group-related violence in Detroit, Mich. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences found for weapons arrests or shooting victimizations for participants in two age groups (15–24 and 25–34). The program did show a statistically significant reduction in all arrests and violent arrests for individuals who attended the Detroit Ceasefire call-in meetings. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Rockford (Ill.) Area Violence Elimination Network (RAVEN) |
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Gun violence, Parole, Problem-oriented policing, Community corrections, Corrections, Crime prevention, Violent crime, Policing strategies, Sanctions, Arrests | This is a parole-based, focused deterrence intervention. The goal of the program is to reduce community-level firearm violence. The program is rated Effective. The intervention was associated with statistically significant reductions in measures of total gun violence, total non-gun violence, and total violence, compared with the synthetic control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Procedural Justice Checklist for Suspected Terrorists in a European Country |
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Procedural justice, Crime prevention, Law enforcement, Law enforcement operations, Terrorism, Violent crime | This is a procedural justice checklist for counterterrorism police officers working in ports of travel in a European country to use when questioning people suspected of terrorism. The program is rated Effective. People interviewed by officers using the checklist reported a statistically significantly greater view of distributive justice, effectiveness of police, obligation to obey the law, and willingness to cooperate with the police, compared with people interviewed by control group officers. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Police Body-Worn Cameras (Phoenix, Arizona) |
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Evidence, Sensors/Surveillance, Community policing, Crime prevention, Law enforcement, Law enforcement operations, Arrests, Equipment and technology | This program equips police with on-officer cameras to record contacts with civilians. The program is rated Promising. Body-worn camera use resulted in statistically significant decreases in citizen complaints, and there were mixed results regarding camera use on arrest rates. There were no statistically significant differences in citizen resistance. There was a statistically significant increase in use of force, and less proactive, officer-initiated contact. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Tact, Tactics, and Trust (T3) Training Program |
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Training, Community policing, Procedural justice, Arrests, Law enforcement | This is a police training to develop officers’ decision-making, de-escalation, empathy, rapport-building, and self-control skills to discourage use of force in interactions with citizens. The program is rated No Effects. There was a statistically significant increase in procedural justice priorities posttraining in the treatment group, compared with the control group, but there were no statistically significant effects on maintaining self-control, physical control priorities, or use of force. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Community-Oriented Policing in New Haven (Conn.) |
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Training, Community policing, Procedural justice | This is a brief policing intervention for improving public attitudes toward police, through positive nonenforcement police contact. The program is rated Promising. Compared with control residents, intervention household residents reported statistically significant improvements in attitudes toward police and more positive perceptions of police performance and legitimacy and greater willingness to cooperate with police. But there was no statistically significant effect on compliance with police. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Procedural Justice Training Program (Seattle Police Department) |
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Training, Procedural justice, Arrests, Law enforcement | This program was designed to “slow down” police officers’ thought processes during encounters with citizens. The program is rated No Effects. At the 6-week follow-up, treatment group officers were statistically significantly less likely to be involved in an incident in which physical force was used, but there were no statistically significant differences on the fraction of incidents that resulted in an arrest, the number of citizen complaints filed against the officer, and other outcomes. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Effect of Hot Spots Policing Strategies on Citizen-Officer Interactions (St. Louis, Missouri) |
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Community policing, Problem-oriented policing, Policing strategies, Law enforcement operations, Law enforcement | This intervention used two hot spots policing strategies (problem solving and directed patrol) to improve citizens’ perceptions of police in St. Louis, Mo. The program is rated No Effects. Although residents in both treatment groups reported a statistically significant increase in cooperation with the police, the preponderance of evidence suggests that the intervention had no significant impact on citizens’ perceptions of procedural justice, police legitimacy, or police abuse. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Improving Forensic Responses to Residential Burglaries (Queensland) |
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Burglary, Evidence, Fingerprints, Property crime, Investigations, Law enforcement, Law enforcement operations, Victims of crime | This program aims to improve police officers’ forensic evidence-collection techniques at burglary crime scenes to increase solved burglaries. The program also intends to improve police–victim and police–witness interactions at burglary crime scenes. The program is rated Promising. Results showed a statistically significant increase in solved burglary cases. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Procedurally-Just Policing during Traffic Stops (Turkey) |
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Patrol, Problem-oriented policing, Procedural justice, Traffic law enforcement, Traffic laws, Law enforcement, Law enforcement operations | The program involved incorporating elements of procedural justice into traffic stops in Adana, Turkey, to test whether procedural justice improves citizens’ perceptions of the police and the law. The program is rated No Effects. No statistically significant differences were found between the treatment and control groups on general perceptions of the police, but the study did find statistically significant differences between the treatment and control groups in encounter-specific perceptions. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Effects of Information Letters on Paying Restitution (Pennsylvania) |
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Restitution, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections | This experiment tested the effects of sending monthly reminder letters to persons on probation to pay restitution. The program is rated Promising. Persons on probation who received letters with only basic information paid statistically significant greater amounts and made a greater number of monthly payments, compared with people on probation who received no letters. However, there was no statistically significant difference between people on probation who received other types of letters and tho Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Bronx (NY) Mental Health Court |
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Mental health courts, Jails, Correctional facilities, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Problem-solving courts, Diversion, Rape and sexual assault | This is a problem-solving court program that seeks to divert mentally ill adults who committed misdemeanor and felony offenses out of the justice system and into treatment to address their mental health issues and reduce their risk of recidivism. The program is rated No Effects. There was no statistically significant effect on rearrests or reconvictions for treatment group participants, compared with similar individuals with a mental disorder in jail, at the 30-month follow-up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Red Hook Community Justice Center: Criminal Court for Adults |
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Administrative Employees, Restitution, Community courts, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Sanctions | This is a problem-solving community court that seeks to prevent crime. One component of the program, the Criminal Court, hears misdemeanor cases and seeks to provide quick and meaningful sanctions to defendants in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The program was rated Promising. The program had a statistically significant impact on recidivism rates for defendants. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Queensland (Australia) Community Engagement Trial (QCET) |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Alcohol, Community policing, Procedural justice, Situational crime prevention, Traffic laws, Traffic law enforcement, Law enforcement operations, Law enforcement | The program tested whether police use of a specialized script (based on principles of procedural justice) during random breath-test traffic stops could improve perceptions of police and change people’s views about drinking and driving. The program is rated Promising. The program was shown to have a statistically significant effect on changing views on police and on drinking and driving, on increasing satisfaction and compliance with police, and on strengthening perceptions of procedural justice. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Rockford Pulling Levers Drug Market Intervention |
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Drug possession, Databases, Community policing, Patrol, Problem-oriented policing, Procedural justice, Drug markets, Crime prevention, Law enforcement | A problem-oriented policing strategy that aims to combat drug markets and the problems associated with them, in a high- crime neighborhood, through a deterrence-based, pulling levers framework. The program is rated Promising. The program was shown to significantly reduce nonviolent offenses in the target area, but not violent offenses. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: High Point Drug Market Intervention |
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Drug possession, Databases, Evidence, Surveillance, Warrants, Community policing, Patrol, Problem-oriented policing, Procedural justice, Vehicles, Policing strategies, Drug markets, Drug trafficking, Crime prevention, Arrests | A problem-oriented policing program that aims to eliminate overt drug markets and the problems associated with them through a deterrence-based, pulling-levers framework. The program is rated Effective. The Intervention had a statistically significant impact on reducing violent incidents in the target areas. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Rochester (N.Y.) Domestic Violence Court Judicial Monitoring |
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Assault, Domestic violence courts, Problem-solving courts, Intimate partner violence, Violent crime, Crime prevention | This program was designed to provide judicial monitoring of people convicted of domestic violence through frequent court appearances before a judge. The goal was to ensure compliance with program requirements and deter future violence and re-abuse of victims. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between the intervention group and control group in rearrests, attendance at court-ordered programs, or completion of programs. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Canberra Reintegrative Shaming Experiments |
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Larceny/theft, Alcohol, Diversion, Violent offenders, Victims of crime, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Property crime, Intimate partner violence, Procedural justice | This is a restorative justice program that uses conferencing to repair the harm. The program is rated Promising. Participants had a statistically significant lower likelihood of committing violent offenses, and a greater likelihood of reporting a belief in the law, negative attitude toward reoffending, and greater effort to not drive drunk, compared with the control group. There were mixed findings in the rate of drunk driving, and no difference in property crimes, shoplifting, or recidivism. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Court Date Reminder Notices (Nebraska) |
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This program was designed to reduce failure-to-appear rates in misdemeanor defendants. The goal was to remind defendants of court dates by sending reminder notices through the mail. The program is rated Promising. Defendants who received court date reminder notices had statistically significant reductions in failure-to-appear rates, compared with participants in the control group who did not receive notices. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) |
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Drug testing, Probation, Reentry, Corrections, Community corrections | This is a community supervision strategy for substance-abusing probationers, particularly those who have long histories of drug use and involvement with the criminal justice system and are considered at high risk of failing probation or returning to prison. The program is rated Promising. Participants were less likely to miss appointments with probation officers, use drugs, and be arrested, compared with the control group. These differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial |
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Practice Profile: Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision Strategies for Drug-Involved Individuals |
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Drug testing, Parole, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections, Reentry, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Courts | The practice comprises supervision strategies used by community supervision officers to address violation behavior of drug-involved individuals on probation and parole who are being supervised in the community. The goals are to generate greater compliance with supervision terms and, as a result, reduce recidivism. The practice is rated Promising for reducing crime rates of drug-involved individuals supervised in the community. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Restorative Justice Programs for Juveniles |
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Restitution, Juvenile courts, Diversion, Youth/peer courts, Victims of crime, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency | Restorative justice programs aim to repair the harm to the victim, decrease recidivism, and improve perceptions of fairness and satisfaction with the process. The practice is rated Promising for reducing juveniles’ recidivism rates, increasing victims’ perceptions of fairness, and increasing juveniles’ completion of restitution and reparation. It is rated No Effects for juveniles’ recognition of wrongdoing or remorse, and satisfaction of the victim or young person committing the offense. Date Posted: |