The importance of police contact in the formulation of youths' attitudes toward police

Rusinko, William T.; Johnson, Knowlton; Hornung, Carlton A.

doi:10.1016/0047-2352(78)90039-9

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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: 63%

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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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Section: Prior Research On Youths' Attitudes To Policementioning

confidence: 63%

“…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).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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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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“…Their findings lend support to the critical role of procedural justice in shaping the views of police legitimacy held by adolescents. Additional support for this mechanism was reported by Rusinko, Johnson, and Hornung (1978). Using self-report data from 1,200 ninth grade students, they found that positive contact with the police predicted positive attitudes towards the police; the reverse was also true.…”

Section: Police Legitimacymentioning

confidence: 77%

Ethnic identity and attitudes toward the police among African American juvenile offenders

Lee

Steinberg

Piquero

2010

Journal of Criminal Justice

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“…Others, however, observe that the relationship between age and attitudes is unstable (Smith & Hawkins, 1973). Still others found that the types of contact between youth and police are the determinants of attitudes toward these authority figures (Rusinko, Johnson, & Hornung, 1978).…”

Section: Age and Gendermentioning

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Race, Class or Neighborhood Context: Which Matters More in Measuring Satisfaction with Police?

Wu¹,

Sun²,

Triplett³

2009

Justice Quarterly

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The primary purpose of this study is to assess the relative effects of race and class, at both individual and neighborhood levels, on public satisfaction with police. Using hierarchical linear modeling on 1,963 individuals nested within 66 neighborhoods, this study analyzes how individual-level variables, including race, class, age, gender, victimization and contact with police, and neighborhood-level factors, including racial composition, concentrated disadvantage, residential mobility and violent crime rate, influence residents' satisfaction with police. The results from the individual-level analysis indicate that both race and class are equally important predictors. African Americans and lower-class people tend to be less satisfied with police. The significant effects of race and class, however, disappear when neighborhood-level characteristics are considered simultaneously. Neighborhood racial composition affects satisfaction with police, with residents in predominately White and racially mixed neighborhoods having more favorable attitudes than those in predominately African American communities. Further analyses reveal that African Americans in economically advantaged neighborhoods are less likely than Whites in the same kind of neighborhoods to be satisfied with police, whereas African Americans and Whites in disadvantaged communities hold similar levels of satisfaction with police. Implications for future research and policy are discussed.

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The importance of police contact in the formulation of youths' attitudes toward police

Cited by 61 publications

References 6 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

Ethnic identity and attitudes toward the police among African American juvenile offenders

Race, Class or Neighborhood Context: Which Matters More in Measuring Satisfaction with Police?

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