Juvenile attitudes towards the police: The importance of subcultural involvement and community ties

Brick, Bradley T.; Taylor, Terrance J.; Esbensen, Finn‐Aage

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.07.009

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“…Thus, an increased incidence of negative contact with police might logically explain the relationship between age and attitudes to police. As noted above, research confirms that negative interactions with police are linked to negative youth attitudes to police (Brick et al, 2009;Hurst and Frank, 2000;Rusinko, 1978;Smith and Hawkins, 1973).…”

Section: Prior Research On Youths' Attitudes To Policementioning

confidence: 68%

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Keeping it in the family: Parental influences on young people’s attitudes to police

Sargeant

Bond

2013

Journal of Sociology

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Prior research finds young people are less satisfied with police than their older counterparts. Despite this, our understanding of youth attitudes to police is limited, as most research has focused on adult attitudes to police. This study adds to our understanding by examining the influence of parent-child dynamics on youth attitudes to police. We predict that youth attitudes to police will be influenced by their parents' attitudes. A survey of 540 school students in South East Queensland reveals perceived parental attitudes to police are associated with youth attitudes to police. However, this effect is partially mediated by maternal, but not paternal attachment. These findings suggest youth attitudes to police are not simply influenced by contact with police and delinquency, but that familial context is important. Consequently, our theoretical understanding of youth attitudes to police must move beyond a focus upon police contact and delinquency.

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“…Existing research generally focuses on the effects of police contact and delinquency (Brick et al, 2009;Cox and Falkenberg, 1987;Hurst and Frank, 2000;Leiber et al, 1998;Rusinko, 1978).…”

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Keeping it in the family: Parental influences on young people’s attitudes to police

Sargeant

Bond

2013

Journal of Sociology

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“…They must therefore assume that procedural justice affects-but is not affected by-legitimacy, and thus they almost certainly overestimate the effect of procedural justice. Other cross-sectional research, however, has found that the effects of youths' experience are mediated by community ties and delinquent subcultures (Brick et al 2009;Leiber et al 1998) The lessons that we take from the research on youths' attitudes toward the police are that trust in the police and other legal institutions, like political attitudes more generally, are to a large degree formed early in life, and while they are not immutable, early attitudes influence later attitude formation. They shape the experiences to which adolescents and young adults are exposed, and they form the lens through which those experiences are interpreted.…”

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Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy

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McLean²

2017

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“…In fact, the majority of legal socialization studies tend to compare White versus "non-White" rather than analyze White, Black, and Latino youth separately [4,18,44], largely because of limited sample sizes [64]. Though racial minority groups have historically viewed the justice system as less legitimate than White youth, there is likely a "racial hierarchy" stratified by White, Latino, and Black youth [65].…”

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Race and Justice System Attitude Formation During the Transition to Adulthood

Fine

Cauffman

2015

J Dev Life Course Criminology

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Purpose Although attitudes towards the justice system are directly related to crime commission, few studies have examined how these attitudes develop from adolescence through early adulthood. Further, despite knowledge that minority youth experience disproportionate contact with the justice system, it is unknown how legal socialization differs by racial group. This study investigates how attitudes towards the justice system develop as youth transition into adulthood, examines how personal experiences with the justice system affect legal socialization, and determines whether developmental processes differ for Black, White, and Latino youth. Methods Data were obtained from a 7-year longitudinal study of male offenders (N= 1114). Individual growth curve models were used to examine attitude formation from adolescence into adulthood. Time-varying effects models were used to examine how experiences with the justice system affect legal socialization. Results Findings indicate that Black youth hold the most negative views of the system during adolescence, followed by Latino youth, and White youth. These racial differences become more pronounced as youth transition into adulthood. Further, although legitimacy and legal cynicism follow similar developmental trajectories, personal contacts with the justice system only affect legitimacy. Conclusions Legal socialization from adolescence into young adulthood varies by race. The mechanisms that affect Black youth's attitudes do not affect Latino youths' attitudes, indicating that aggregating racial groups may mask meaningful differences. Despite engaging in the same amount of offending as White and Latino youth, Black youth are disproportionately contacted by the system. These disproportionate justice system contacts erode their perceptions of its legitimacy.

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Juvenile attitudes towards the police: The importance of subcultural involvement and community ties

Cited by 79 publications

References 39 publications

Keeping it in the family: Parental influences on young people’s attitudes to police

Keeping it in the family: Parental influences on young people’s attitudes to police

Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy

Race and Justice System Attitude Formation During the Transition to Adulthood

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