Lecture with Tom Tyler on Procedural Justice and Police Work

The Centre for Policing and Prevention invites you to a lecture and mingle

At the event, you will have the chance to hear about Tom Tyler's research, with a particular focus on procedural justice and legitimacy. Tom Tyler is a professor of psychology at Yale Law School and in 2024 he was awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his many years of research efforts.

Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to meet police officers, researchers, and other invited guests for a mingle, and you will have great networking opportunities. The centre will also provide more information about an ongoing project on the effects of police work in security zones.

More information and registration (invajo.com)

Abstract

The police's work to create legitimacy is highly relevant both in Sweden and internationally and is key to reversing the negative trend of increasingly serious crime. This topic is particularly relevant in connection with the authorities the police have in security zones. Tyler's research shows that the police's treatment can play a crucial role in the police's legitimacy among citizens, and individuals' propensity to commit crimes, and lead to reduced crime at the societal level.

Procedural justice is one of the foundations of GVI – Group Violence Intervention, which has been applied in several cities with problems with gun violence and other serious violence in recent years.

Procedural justice is based on the principles that those who encounter the police feel they are treated with respect, that they have been listened to, that the police are perceived as neutral in their decision-making, and that they instil confidence.

Tom Tyler has developed these arguments in, among other things, the book Why People Obey the Law (Tyler 1990), and since then he has published many studies in the field and inspired research on the police's work to create legitimacy worldwide.

Contact