Promoting police legitimacy among disengaged minority groups: Does procedural justice matter more?

Procedural justice is known to enhance perceptions of police legitimacy. Studies show that procedural justice may be less effective for some individuals and groups, while others show it to be more effective. This study investigates the contingency of the procedural justice effect and considers the effectiveness of procedural justice for certain individuals through the concept of disengagement. Utilizing a survey of 1480 ethnic minority group members, the study tests whether or not disengagement moderates the effect of procedural justice on perceptions of police legitimacy. As expected, we find procedural justice is linked to enhanced perceptions of police legitimacy, while disengagement is associated with reduced perceptions of legitimacy. Interestingly, the study finds that procedural justice is more effective for building legitimacy for ethnic minority respondents who report being highly disengaged from police. These findings highlight how police might be able to improve perceptions of their legitimacy among disaffected minority communities.

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The defiant and the compliant: how does procedural justice theory explain ethnic minority group postures toward police?

Policing & Society ◽

10.1080/10439463.2020.1720016 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Elise Sargeant ◽

Nicholas Davoren ◽

Kristina Murphy

Keyword(s):

Procedural Justice ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Justice Theory

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Stereotypen van etnische minderheden, verbondenheid met de eigen groep, assimilatie en integratie

Gedrag & Organisatie ◽

10.5117/2007.020.003.003 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Anneke Vrugt ◽

Alexis Salin ◽

Semra Room

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Ethnic Minorities ◽

Social Group ◽

Minority Group ◽

Cultural Background ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Negative View ◽

Majority Group ◽

Group Members ◽

The Relationship

Stereotypes of ethnic minorities, attachment to their own group, assimilation and integration Stereotypes of ethnic minorities, attachment to their own group, assimilation and integration A. Vrugt, A. Salin & S. Room, Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 20, September 2007, nr. 3, pp. 260-271 The present research investigated which stereotypical characteristics Dutch ethnic minority group members, based on their cultural background, attributed to their own social group and to the ethnic Dutch majority. Further it was studied to what extent the assignment of these stereotypical characteristics was related to the attachment to their own group, and whether the attachment to their own group was related to their view on integration and assimilation. The results showed that minority group participants found positive stereotypical features that are derived from collectivistic values, more characteristic of their own group than of the Dutch majority. By contrast, negative stereotypical features, being deviant from collectivistic values, were considered as more characteristic of the majority group. Furthermore, it was found that the minority group participants felt more attached to their own group than did the majority group participants. This attachment was related to the negative stereotypical features that minority group participants regarded as characteristic of the majority. Moreover, this attachment mediated the relationship between negative stereotypical features attributed to the majority and a negative view on assimilation. The implications of these results are discussed.

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Salient Multiculturalism Enhances Minority Group Members’ Feelings of Power

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ◽

10.1177/0146167216679981 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 259-271 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jacquie D. Vorauer ◽

Matthew S. Quesnel

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Minority Groups ◽

Minority Group ◽

Color Blindness ◽

Ethnic Minority Groups ◽

Dominant Group ◽

Intergroup Interaction ◽

Group Members ◽

General Goal

The present research examined how messages advocating different intergroup ideologies affect outcomes relevant to minority group members’ ability to exert power in exchanges with dominant group members. We expected that salient multiculturalism would have positive implications for minority group members’ feelings of power by virtue of highlighting essential contributions they make to society, and that no such empowering effect would be evident for them in connection with alternative ideologies such as color-blindness or for dominant group members. Results across four studies involving different participant populations, operationalizations of ideology, ethnic minority groups, and experimental settings were consistent with these hypotheses and further indicated that the effects of salient multiculturalism on feelings of power had downstream implications for expectations of control in an ostensibly upcoming intergroup interaction and general goal-directed cognition.

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Patterns and Predictors of ADRD Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2075 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 612-612

Author(s):

Laura Zahodne ◽

Cerise Elliott

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Cognitive Aging ◽

Minority Groups ◽

Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Arab Americans ◽

Ethnic Minority Groups ◽

National Data ◽

Racial Ethnic

Abstract This symposium addresses issues surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) across multiple racial/ethnic minority groups, including African Americans, Latinos, and Arab Americans. Using US national data, Kindratt and colleagues challenge the universality of the healthy migrant effect by comparing patterns of cognitive disability across US- and foreign-born Arab Americans. Arab Americans represent an increasingly visible ethnic minority group whose unique history has the potential to clarify knowledge about sociocultural influences on ADRD. Also using US national data, Garcia and colleagues examine within-group heterogeneity among Latinos. They conclude that the number of years and proportion of life spent with and without subjective cognitive impairment differ as a function of ancestry and nativity. Using data from two local communities, Diminich and colleagues investigate mechanisms underlying ADRD risk among Latinos by considering both stress responding and plasma-based AD biomarkers as predictors of Latino cognitive health. Lee and colleagues focus on social relationships and cognitive aging in a diverse, national cohort. They suggest that the quality of social support from social network members may uniquely affect the cognitive functioning of African Americans older adults. Finally, Cerise Elliott from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) will offer perspectives on how racial/ethnic minority group focused research can advance NIA’s goals related to understanding and eliminating ADRD inequalities. In total, this symposium highlights the need to disaggregate racial/ethnic groups, as well as the importance of incorporating both individual and contextual factors in order to fully understand patterns of ADRD risk and resilience.

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On the justification of intergroup violence: The roles of procedural justice, police legitimacy and group identity in attitudes towards violence among indigenous people

10.31235/osf.io/mz6n5 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Monica M Gerber ◽

Roberto Gonzalez ◽

Héctor Carvacho ◽

Gloria Jiménez-Moya ◽

Cristóbal Moya ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Procedural Justice ◽

Indigenous People ◽

Police Officers ◽

Group Identity ◽

Minority Group ◽

Police Legitimacy ◽

Police Violence ◽

Indigenous Group ◽

Group Members ◽

Indigenous Minority

Objective: Why do people justify intergroup violence? In this paper we examine attitudes towards violence perpetrated by indigenous activists to claim for rights and violence by pólice officers against indigenous people. We assess the role that perceived pólice legitimacy, procedurally just policing towards the indigenous minority group and group identity play in the justification of intergroup violence. Method: We present findings from two surveys (Study 1, n=1493, Study 2, n=198) and an experiment (Study 3, n=76) conducted among indigenous people in Chile. Studies 1 and 2 measure perceptions of police procedural justice towards indigenous people. Study 3 manipulates the fairness with which police officers treat indigenous people. Effects of procedural justice on police legitimacy (Studies 2 and 3) and attitudes towards violence for social change and social control (Studies 1-3) are analyzed. Result: Higher perceptions of procedurally just policing towards indigenous people predict more support for police violence and less support for violence perpetrated by indigenous activists. These effects are mediated by perceived police legitimacy and moderated by identification with the minority group. Among people who identify strongly with their indigenous group, perceiving high procedural justice predicts greater police legitimacy, greater support for police violence, and lesser support for violence perpetrated by indigenous activists. Conclusions: Findings contribute to an emerging literature on the roles of procedural justice and legitimacy in violence perceptions. Fair, respectful and neutral treatment of pólice officers may reduce the support for violence among minority group members and increase trust in the violence used by police officers.

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The relationship between outgroup contact and intragroup rejection concerns for ethnic minority group members

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e527772014-119 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Angel Gonzalez ◽

Bonita London-Thompson ◽

Allyson Regis

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Group Members ◽

The Relationship

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The different roles of relative ingroup prototypicality in the outgroup attitudes of majority and minority groups

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations ◽

10.1177/1368430216663020 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 319-335 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jin Wang ◽

Lei Wang ◽

Yu Kou

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Group Size ◽

Minority Groups ◽

Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Projection Model ◽

Majority Group

Based on the argument that the ingroup projection model may not be applicable to the minority group when addressing the effect of relative ingroup prototypicality (RIP) on outgroup attitudes, two studies investigated whether RIP and its effects on outgroup attitudes differ for the majority (Han) and an ethnic minority group (Tibetan). We measured RIP and outgroup attitudes in Study 1 ( N = 164) and manipulated RIP in Study 2 ( N = 145). The results indicated that the Hans presented high RIP, whereas the Tibetans presented low RIP. The effects of RIP on outgroup attitudes were moderated by group size: High RIP among Hans resulted in negative outgroup attitudes, whereas high RIP among Tibetans led to positive outgroup attitudes. These findings imply that improving the minority group’s RIP by making its culture prototypicality equal to that of the majority group would lead to positive outgroup attitudes.

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Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies in an ethnic minority group in Central Vietnam: implications to health burden and relationship between two ethnic minority groups

Journal of Community Genetics ◽

10.1007/s12687-017-0306-8 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 221-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Nga Thi Nguyen ◽

Kanokwan Sanchaisuriya ◽

Pattara Sanchaisuriya ◽

Hoa Van Nguyen ◽

Hoa Thi Thuy Phan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Minority Groups ◽

Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Groups ◽

Health Burden ◽

Central Vietnam

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Intersectionality, mental health and Chinese people in the UK: a qualitative exploration

Mental Health Review Journal ◽

10.1108/mhrj-03-2017-0014 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 289-299 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lynn Tang ◽

David Pilgrim

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Minority Groups ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Minority Group ◽

Work Conditions ◽

Ethnic Minority Group ◽

Ethnic Minority Groups ◽

Content Type ◽

The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide qualitative evidence from the experience of Chinese service users in the UK to expand the literature on the use of intersectionality analysis in research on the mental health of ethnic minority groups. Design/methodology/approach Repeated in-depth life-history interviews were carried out with 22 participants. Interviews were analysed using the constant comparative method. Findings Four areas of life are identified for their possible negative impact on mental health for this minority group: labour market and work conditions, marriage and family, education, and ageing. The findings illustrate how these intersecting variables may shape the social conditions this ethnic minority group face. For this ethnic minority group in the UK, inequalities can intersect at national as well as transnational level. Originality/value This paper highlights how power relations and structural inequalities including class, gender, age and ethnicity could be drawn upon to understand the interplay of determinants of mental health for ethnic minority groups. As the multi-factorial social forces are closely related to the emergence of poor mental health, it is suggested that interventions to reduce mental health problems in ethnic minority communities should be multi-level and not limited to individualised service responses.

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