Step 1: Definition and Description of Procedural Justice
Procedural justice can be delineated as the application of fairness in the dispute resolution processes and allocation of resources (Tyler, Tom & Juen, 2002). It is palpably factual that one of the major facets of procedural justice is associated with discussions with regard to the execution and administration of legal proceedings and justice. In United States, procedural justice is allied with the Due Process where law enforcement is expected to respect all legal rights that are entitled to each citizen (Tyler, Tom & Juen, 2002). Thus, in order to derive the importance of procedural justice particularly in policing, it is noteworthy that effective policing …show more content…
One of the ways that the police might fail to adhere to these principles includes receiving the call from the victim of the domestic offense but fails to turn up in the crime scene. Additionally, the officer might decide to make a late arrival in incident place after attending to other matters. However, if the officer goes to the place, he or she might decide to use violence while arresting the offender instead of using other ways of solving the dispute. This can be achieved by failure to adhere to the police code of practice for a crime. Therefore, in this situation, the scenario lacks cooperation, public support or even comprehension of police legitimacy. In this case, lack of police legitimacy recognition can be exhibited when the victims of the offense decide to take matters at their own hands which might lead to other severe offenses such as murder. Lastly, this scenario the major aspect of procedural justice which is recognition of legal rights entitled to every …show more content…
In this scenario, both of the victims of the offense might appear to be hurt as one party tried to self-defended his or herself from the attack of the other party. This means that the officer might not be able to distinguish the precise offender. Therefore, this demands effective communication and questioning prior to making a conclusion. Thus, in order to adhere to procedural justice guidelines, the officer should consider the rights of both parties by following the case from both sides. This means that the officer should not start with exerting violence to the suspected party. Precisely, the officer should judge the situation not by the look of the case but the truth of the situation. It is factual that not every scenario of domestic violence calls for detention of the offender. In some cases, the offender might be warned on the consequences of committing the offense again. Thus, the officer should consider the applicable law enforcement strategy to solve the dispute in this case. For this situation, procedural justice will be address first by recognizing the rights of each of the victims of the offense and secondly through cooperation and public support together with reflection of police legitimacy. This approach will be important citing from the fact that it