Procedural justice in contacts with the police: Testing a Relational Model of Authority in a Mixed Methods Study

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 592-610

  Elliott, Irina ^a   Thomas, Stuart D M ^a,b   Ogloff, James R P ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antecedents of procedural justice; Mixed methods; Procedural justice; Relational model of authority; Victim police interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955250088     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024212     Document Type: Article

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