APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Exploring the Nested Nature of Police Contact: The Impact of Neighborhood Profiles on Adolescents’ Legal Cynicism
- Meret Hofer
University of Virginia - Sean Womack
University of Virginia - Melvin Wilson
University of Virginia
Abstract
This study examines the impact of situational characteristics of police contact on adolescents’ legal cynicism in neighborhoods characterized by different levels of collective efficacy and danger. Divergent trends in legal cynicism emerge in dangerous, low collective efficacy communities compared with safer, high collective efficacy communities. Implications are discussed.
Forensic/Criminal Justice