Pros And Cons Of Procedural Justice

An evidenced-based and cost effective way to reduce crime is procedural justice also identified by researchers as procedural fairness. Procedural justice describes the idea that how individuals regard the justice system is tied more to the perceived fairness of the process and how they were treated rather than the perceived fairness of the outcome (Tyler, 2015). One of the leading researchers on this matter is Tom Tyler of Yale Law School, and he has identified several dimensions of procedural justice: voice, the perception that your side of the story has been heard, respect, the perception that they system players treat you with dignity and respect, neutrality, the perception that the decision-making process is unbiased and trustworthy, understanding, …show more content…
The Black Lives Matter movement has pushed itself into the national conversation again and again (Simon, 2015). According to Simon (2015) for a group that started with a hashtag, it has grown into a social juggernaut. According to DeRay McKesson, in the beginning, it was about awareness and recognition, helping bring attention to an issue. It has changed the way people talk about police brutality and inequality (Simon, 2015). The movement wants a civil rights movement type of change that shakes up politics and breaks the cycle of violence and silence. The Black Lives Matter movement is making a concerted effort not to encourage violence. It responds fiercely when accused of committing violent acts during protests. There is a public discourse on race and anti-black racism that is taking place within media, educational institutions, communities and living rooms (Thompson, …show more content…
One is the issue of our failing system of public education, which is a virtual school-to-prison pipeline for many black youths. Another is the complete dismantling of the prison industrial complex. Three other significant issues are problems with safe and affordable housing, issues with food security, and reproductive justice challenges affecting poor women of color and all people needing access to reproductive care (Black Lives Matter, 2016). The Black Lives Matter movement demands that the country affirm the value of black life in practical and pragmatic ways, including addressing an increasing racial wealth gap, fixing public schools that are failing, combating issues of housing inequality and gentrification that continue to push people of color out of the communities they have lived in for generations, and dismantling the prison industrial complex. It is about acknowledging that the system has already treated white lives as if they have more value, as if they are more worthy of protection, safety, education, and a better quality of life than black lives are. (Black Lives Matter,