Perceptions of Incarcerated Youth About Police Violence and Legitimacy in Trinidad and Tobago

Stamatakis, Nikolaos

doi:10.1007/s11896-018-9309-6

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“…Most prior work has explored perceptions of the police and their correlates in Trinidad and Tobago. These studies suggest that youths hold negative views of the police (Johnson et al, 2008;Stamatakis, 2019), and youths committed to school and who are not delinquent view the police more favorably (Johnson et al, 2008). Adams (2020) corroborates this sentiment.…”

Section: Legal Socialization In Caribbean and Other Sidsmentioning

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Legal socialization, perceptions of the police, and delinquency in three Caribbean nations

Cheon¹

2023

ISJ

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Legal socialization is the process by which individuals obtain their attitudes and beliefs about formal social control mechanisms such as the police, including how these are formed through domains of social life. These attitudes and subsequent beliefs toward the police, whether positive or negative, have been found to impact individuals’ compliance with the law and cooperation with legal authorities. Despite research advancements on legal socialization, the theoretical hypotheses drawn from this perspective have not been tested in the Caribbean context, a high crime and violence setting where the police are often viewed as corrupt, untrustworthy, and ineffective. This study uses data from 4,293 youths to examine the effect of socializing agents (i.e., family, school, and peers) on youth perceptions of the police in three nations – Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Lucia – and whether these perceptions impact delinquency. We find that legal socialization domains and perceptions of the police are important factors that influence delinquency in the Caribbean. Implications are discussed in light of future research and policy.

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Section: Legal Socialization In Caribbean and Other Sidsmentioning

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Legal socialization, perceptions of the police, and delinquency in three Caribbean nations

Cheon¹

2023

ISJ

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“…Precisely, we predict that the discharge of duty in a fair, transparent, and bias-free manner by police personnel may substantially generate public confidence in the Police. Stamatakis (2019)…”

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“…Precisely, we predict that the discharge of duty in a fair, transparent, and bias‐free manner by police personnel may substantially generate public confidence in the Police. Stamatakis (2019) also argued that fairness and equality are the central facets of procedural justice through which the Police earns the trust and confidence of youth in a conflicted zone. Hence, we hypothesize the following:H4 Perceived neutrality of Police positively influences the public confidence in the Police.…”

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Antecedents of public confidence in police in a conflict zone: A multi‐stakeholder view

Sharma

Pandey

Kumar

et al. 2021

Journal of Public Affairs

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Public confidence in Police produces valuable outcomes for society. The present paper explores the drivers of public confidence in Police in Kashmir, India. The data were collected from 277 citizens and 318 police personnel in Kashmir. The study examined the role of the image of Police, media, the neutrality of Police, and community policing in influencing public confidence in the Police. Results indicated that police personnel considered the neutrality of Police and the role of media as the most crucial determinants of public confidence. However, citizens' expectations were different. Citizens believed that community policing and the image of the Police were essential to elicit their confidence in the Police. The study is a novel attempt to empirically examine the gap between citizens' expectations and the Police's perception of those expectations in a conflict zone. The findings of this study would enable policymakers to design suitable interventions to secure public confidence in Police in a conflict zone.

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Policing the pandemic: public views of the police approach to enforcement of covid-19 public health regulations in Trinidad and Tobago

Wallace

County²,

Lancaster‐Ellis³

2022

Journal of Crime and Justice

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Perceptions of Incarcerated Youth About Police Violence and Legitimacy in Trinidad and Tobago

Cited by 3 publications

References 46 publications

Legal socialization, perceptions of the police, and delinquency in three Caribbean nations

Legal socialization, perceptions of the police, and delinquency in three Caribbean nations

Antecedents of public confidence in police in a conflict zone: A multi‐stakeholder view

Policing the pandemic: public views of the police approach to enforcement of covid-19 public health regulations in Trinidad and Tobago

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