Applying Legal Socialization to the Child Welfare System: Do Youths’ Perceptions of Caseworkers Matter?

Abstract

Background Legal socialization is the process through which young people develop

Procedural justice and legal socialization among juvenile offenders: The role of defense attorneys

“…Research has also found that attitudes and beliefs about the system are formed, at least in part, through interactions. Research linking procedural justice and legal socialization has generally focused on youths' perceptions of treatment by police, judges, school disciplinary personnel, store security, parents, and child welfare workers (Buss, 2021;Cavanagh et al, 2021;Cohn et al, 2012;Fagan & Piquero, 2007;Fagan & Tyler, 2005;Granot et al, 2021;Kolivoski et al, 2016;Piccirillo et al, 2021;Murphy, 2021). This study adds to this evidence by focusing on the relationship between youths' perceptions of their treatment by their defense attorney and attitudes and beliefs about the system.…”

Attitudes toward legal actors among dual system youth

“…Almost no literature has examined whether contact with the CWS is associated with justice system attitudes among youth. A 2016 study found that CWS-involved youth with more negative perceptions of caseworkers viewed the legal system as less legitimate (Kolivoski et al, 2016). However, attitudes toward other legal actors, and toward the justice system generally, have not been explored.…”

Legal Socialization and Compliance to the Islamic Family Law on Maintenance among Muslims in Selangor, Malaysia

“…The process and factors of individuals' law-abiding behaviour has been the subject of research related to legal socialization. Previous researchers have identified legal socialization as one of the developmental processes in human beings which begins with a socialization process (Kolivoski et al, 2016;Trinkner & Cohn, 2014). The socialization process of individuals will influence their pattern or development of legal socialization, which can contribute to the formation of legal attitudes and law-abiding behavior.…”

“…Legal socialization is a process by which individual internalizing values, understanding of laws and the legal institution, forming perceptions or thoughts and belief towards the law and the legal authority, including process of developing attitudes and behavior specifically on compliance and non-compliance behavior (Reisig, Wolfe, & Holtfreter, 2011;Trinkner & Cohn, 2014). According to Cohn et al, (2010) and Fagan and Tyler (2005), individuals begin to acquire belief, attitude towards law and law-abiding behavior during their childhood and adolescence period, which during their adulthood will shape their belief, attitude and behavior towards legal system and legal authorities, either to obey or violate the rules enforced by the legal authorities (Kolivoski et al, 2016). According to Piquero, Fagan, Mulvey, Steinberg, and Odgers (2005), legal socialization also grow over time, vary throughout the population, and also should exhibit growth or vacillation as accumulated from social experiences and interaction over time via evaluating other peoples' attitudes and experiences which is observed in ones surroundings, and also by internalizing information derived from their own experiences (Fagan & Tyler, 2005;Piquero et al, 2005;Reisig et al, 2011).…”

“…Procedural justice is a perceived fairness of procedures involves in decision-making and quality of treatment received by individual from legal authority that is measured by voice, neutrality and transparency (Jackson et al, 2018;Murphy et al, 2009). It is developed from individuals' direct experience with the legal system such as face to face interaction between officers and the public (Gau, 2015;Kolivoski et al, 2016). Past research on legal socialization such as in Tyler (2006) and Piquero et al, (2005) have shown that procedural justice as a primary drive in the process of developing individuals' notion and understanding of laws, including shapes individuals' internalization of law (Trinkner & Cohn, 2014).…”