@article{ref1,
title="Low self-control and legal cynicism among at-risk youth: an investigation into direct and vicarious police contact",
journal="Journal of research in crime and delinquency",
year="2020",
author="Jackson, Dylan B. and Testa, Alexander and Vaughn, Michael G.",
volume="57",
number="6",
pages="741-783",
abstract="OBJECTIVES:This study explores the nexus between low self-control and legal cynicism among a recent sample of at-risk youth while accounting for various features of direct and vicarious police stops.<br><br>METHODS:Analyses are based on data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, which employs a national sample of urban-born, at-risk youth.<br><br>RESULTS:A uniquely potent association between low self-control and legal cynicism emerged across samples with and without exposure to vicarious or direct police stops. Furthermore, among youth exposed to police stops, the link between low self-control and legal cynicism was largely robust to perceptions/features of these stops, including the degree of officer intrusiveness, arrest, perceptions of procedural justice, and youth feelings of social stigma following the stop.<br><br>CONCLUSIONS:Programmatic efforts that both enhance the early development of self-control through mindfulness and curriculum-based interventions (e.g., Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies) and facilitate trauma-informed policing may be beneficial in curtailing the development of legal cynicism.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4278",
doi="10.1177/0022427820929735",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427820929735"
}