Re-imagining Procedural Justice in Policing Sexual Violence

Centring Survivors

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8401940
AutoresKelly Johnson (0000-0002-3002-3954, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services), Rosa Walling-Wefelmeyer (University of Reading), Olivia Smith (0000-0002-1266-7377, Loughborough University), Katrin Hohl (0000-0003-3992-019X, City, University of London), Oona Brooks (0000-0002-8435-322X, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, autor de correspondencia), Oona Brooks-Hay
Año2025
Volumen65
Número3
Páginas639-657
Fecha de publicación2025-06-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjc/azae060
OpenAlexW4402099540
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas55

Procedural justice is recognized as being of substantial value to policing and, increasingly, victim-survivors. However, little research has engaged with the meaning of procedural justice theory in sexual violence, and none have developed an understanding with and for survivors. We conducted consultations with 42 survivors via five diverse expert-by-experience panels in England. We propose the following new conceptualizations of the key principles of procedural justice: dignity and respect, equity and fairness, voice, safety and trustworthiness. These principles foreground a feminist, situated and intersectional approach, and emphasize the importance of recognition, equity and the unconditional humanity of survivors. This work offers a new understanding of procedural justice in the context of policing sexual violence, and in institutional responses to gender-based violence more broadly

Art · Centring · Criminology · Economic Justice · Political science · Sexual violence · Sociology · Visual arts · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies