Playing the Game: Power, authority and procedural justice

 Interactions Between Police and Homeless People in London

We explore the relevance of procedural justice theory for understanding the relationship between police and marginalized groups and individuals. Analysis is based on ethnographic research into the policing of the street population in an inner London borough through shadowing policing patrols and embedding observation within the homeless community. 

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Kyprianides, A., Stott, C., & Bradford, B. (2021). ‘Playing the game’: Power, authority and procedural justice in interactions between police and homeless people in London. The British journal of criminology, 61(3), 670-689.

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