Applying Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory to Police Officers’ Misconduct

Explaining the Cultural Retention–Delinquency Relationship Using Differential Support and Coercion Theory: A Study of Native‐Born and Immigrant Latino Youth

“…While a number of studies have provided support for hypotheses derived from DCSS (e.g., Baron, , ; Zavala and Kurtz, ), we argue it may also be useful in explaining the effects of low levels of acculturation to the mainstream, or cultural retention, on delinquency among immigrant youth. We contend that increasing levels of acculturation to mainstream U.S. norms, or weaker cultural retention, may generate higher levels of coercion that may lead to greater involvement in delinquency in two key ways.…”

“…Each of these 17 questions was coded 1 = yes and 0 = no and summed to produce a summary score for coercion. Although victimization does not tap into the full range of experiencing coercive events, such a conceptualization of coercion has been usefully employed in previous studies of the theory (Baron, , ; Day, Brauer, and Butler, ; Kurtz, Linnemann, and Green, ; Listwan et al., ; Unnever, Colvin, and Cullen, ; Zavala and Kurtz, ). Cronbach's alpha for these items is 0.73, and a principal components analysis revealed a five‐component solution with eigenvalues of 3.31, 1.46, 1.30, 1.12, and 1.06.…”

“…Some may experience coercion for a short period of time, whereas others may experience it for extended periods. The most common form of coercion tested in studies of DCSS is the experience of physical victimization (Baron, , ; Day, Brauer, and Butler, ; Kurtz, Linnemann, and Green, ; Listwan et al., ; Unnever, Colvin, and Cullen, ; Zavala and Kurtz, ). In order to remain consistent with this literature, we will include experiencing victimization as our measure of coercion in this analysis.…”

Unpacking the Role of Conflict in Peer Relationships: Implications for Peer Deviance and Crime

“…It is likely that part of the reason for this lies in the intentionally broad definition by Colvin and colleagues (2002, p. 19). Using five different measures capturing coercion across various life domains, one of the more exhaustive means of capturing coercion was done by Baron (2009; also see Zavala and Kurtz 2016). Specifically, coercion consisted of (1) physical abuse, (2) street victimization, (3) welfare, (4) incarceration experiences, and (5) homelessness.…”

Staff experiences of working in a Sexual Assault Referral Centre: the impacts and emotional tolls of working with traumatised people

“…Although coping mechanisms differ from person to person, not all coping mechanisms are positive in outcome: there are some that have a level of "trade-off" where emotional relief is obtained at a cost, such as use of alcohol, over spending, misuse of prescription drugs or use of illicit street drugs (Carver, 1997). Over use of alcohol has been identified as a coping mechanism by doctors for the stress they experience at work (Firth-Cozens, 1987) and other professionals such as police officers (Chopko et al, 2013;Swatt et al, 2007;Violanti et al, 2011;Zavala & Kurtz, 2016;Zavala & Kurtz, 2017). However, there is emerging evidence to suggest that, forensic medical professionals rely more often on positive coping mechanisms rather than negative ones (Horvath & Massey, 2018).…”