Procedurally-Just Policing During Traffic Stops (Turkey)
Axios
Policing
Problems addressed
Low levels of trust in and/or perception of illegitimacy of police agencies
Effectiveness

No Effect

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No Effect

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Life periods served
People of all ages
Where the program was applied
Community (streets or community centers)
Country of application
Turkey
Description

This is a fair procedure experiment applied in police controls. The objective is to improve civilian perception of the police and the law.
The experiment consists of four components necessary for intervention at speeding checkpoints:
1) Neutrality;
2) Trust;
3) Participation; and
4) Respect/dignity.
During the approach, officers must initiate the interaction by clarifying that the goal of speed enforcement is to prevent accidents and save lives, and then allow the driver to express their motivations for speeding and opinions about the traffic enforcement system before issuing a ticket.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation revealed that the police-citizen encounter had a statistically significant improvement for the drivers in the treatment group (who experienced the fair procedure intervention during traffic stops) compared to the drivers in the control group (who experienced routine traffic enforcement procedures). However, there were no statistically significant differences between drivers in the treatment group and those in the control group in terms of overall perception of the police [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Sahin, N., Braga, A. A., Apel, R. & Brunson, R. K. (2017). The Impact of Procedurally-Just Policing on Citizen Perceptions of Police During Traffic Stops: The Adana Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 33(4), 701–726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-016-9308-7

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