Perceptions of law enforcement shape a willingness to report crime and are particularly important for sex crimes and among groups oppressed or neglected by the legal system. We examine three types of perceptions of justice—the fairness of outcomes (distributive), procedures (procedural), and victim treatment (interpersonal). We expect each measure of justice perceptions to increase the likelihood of reporting, or recommending a friend report, a hypothetical sexual assault to police. Our survey of 18- to 24-year-old women ( N = 1,414) oversampled women of color and stratified the sample by educational attainment. In a series of path analyses, we find full support for our hypotheses about reporting one’s own sexual assault and partial support for encouraging a friend to report based on perceptions of three forms of justice. In addition, we examined indirect effects of sexual identity and race on reporting intentions and discuss how those patterns are partially driven by negative perceptions of justice.

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正义感、性别认同和种族：警方报告性侵犯意图的可能性

对执法部门的看法决定了举报犯罪的意愿，对于性犯罪以及受到法律制度压迫或忽视的群体尤其重要。我们研究了三种类型的正义观念——结果的公平性（分配性）、程序的公平性（程序性）和受害者待遇的公平性（人际性）。我们期望每一项正义感衡量标准都会增加向警方报告或推荐朋友报告假设性侵犯的可能性。我们对 18 至 24 岁女性 (N = 1,414) 的调查对有色人种女性进行了过度抽样，并根据教育程度对样本进行了分层。在一系列路径分析中，我们发现基于对三种正义形式的看法，完全支持我们关于举报自己的性侵犯的假设，并部分支持鼓励朋友举报。此外，我们还研究了性别认同和种族对举报意图的间接影响，并讨论了这些模式是如何部分由负面的正义观念驱动的。