Juvenile Attitudes Toward Police: A National Study

Geistman, James; Smith, Brad W.

doi:10.1080/0735648x.2007.9721234

Cited by 32 publications

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“…Also, the influence of social bonds on juvenile attitudes is mostly direct and only mediated, to a limited extent, by juveniles' delinquent behavior, prior arrest experience, and recent victimization. These results, together with previous research showing significant associations between delinquent/nonconventional values and behaviors and negative perceptions of the police (Chow, 2011;Geistman & Smith, 2007;Leiber et al, 1998), reinforce a strong link between general values and beliefs and specific perceptions of the police.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Race, Social Bonds, and Juvenile Attitudes toward the Police

Wu¹,

2013

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Relying on survey data collected from over 1,300 students of 13-18 years old across multiple US cities, this study attempts to integrate race into social bond theory to explain the variation in juvenile perceptions of the police. Results indicate significant differential outlooks between white and black teenagers, and to a lesser extent, between white and Hispanic juveniles. Social bonds, especially commitment to school and conventional beliefs, have significant effects on juveniles' attitudes. The effects of race and social bonds are more independent and social bonds do not mediate the race-attitudes relationship. Other factors, such as juvenile delinquency, victimization, and sense of safety, are also related to juvenile assessments of the police. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Race, Social Bonds, and Juvenile Attitudes toward the Police

Wu¹,

2013

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“…In general, the extant research suggests that victims of crime have overall lower opinions of the police than do nonvictims (Brown & Benedict, 2002;Dowler & Sparks, 2008;Geistman & Smith, 2007;Hurst & Frank, 2000;Payne & Gainey, 2007;Priest & Carter, 1999). In addition, researchers have also found that vicarious experience with victimization (through friends and family) has a negative influence on respondents' views of the police (Hawdon & Ryan, 2003;Wu et al, 2009).…”

Section: Victimizationmentioning

confidence: 92%

Perceptions of the Police: The Influence of Individual and Contextual Factors in a Racially Diverse Urban Sample

Vogel

2011

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

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People of color commonly hold more negative attitudes toward the police than do Whites. Research in this area, however, generally examines the views of African Americans, Whites, and, more recently, Hispanics. The present study contributes to this literature by exploring perceptions of the police across a sample of African American, Hispanic, Asian, and White respondents. Multivariate analysis is used to test several hypotheses linking perceptions of law enforcement to neighborhood disorder, victimization, contact with the police, and gender. The influence of cultural history on attitudes toward authority and the implications for crime control policies are discussed.

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“…Officers recognize that offending is concentrated among those youth who have yet to age-out of crime. Juveniles commit a substantial portion of reported crime (Snyder & Sickmund, 1999) and account for a significant proportion of the contacts police have with the public (Geistman & Smith, 2007;Walker & Katz, 2008). Also, the past several decades have witnessed an increase in the formal processing of juveniles by the system.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%