‘Sit, Listen, and Just Try to Temper It’: Lessons Learned About Procedural Justice in Anti-Government/Anti-Authority Violent Extremists’ Courtroom Interactions with Judges
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
4-2025
Abstract
The purpose of our research project was to identify themes of procedural justice interactions between government actors and anti-government and anti-authoritarian (AGAA) individuals in courtroom encounters. Our team took a qualitative approach by composing a corpus of case files where defendants were charged for violence and disruption against government actors and coding them to find our themes that can be used towards our goal. Our goal was to find out if judges used a procedural justice approach when they interacted with AGAA parties in the courtroom and how did AGAA defendants responded to procedurally just courtroom interactions. The importance of our research focused on analyzing the ways judges have interacted with AGAA individuals during court proceedings in previous cases and establishing some themes that could help courtroom actors navigate through future interactions with AGAA. The benefit of this research would be essential to ensure public safety and security.
Recommended Citation
St John, Alex, "‘Sit, Listen, and Just Try to Temper It’: Lessons Learned About Procedural Justice in Anti-Government/Anti-Authority Violent Extremists’ Courtroom Interactions with Judges" (2025). Student Research Symposium 2025. 24.
https://digitalcommons.tamusa.edu/srs_2025/24
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