TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Low self-control and legal cynicism among at-risk youth: an investigation into direct and vicarious police contact
JO  - Journal of research in crime and delinquency
A1  - Jackson, Dylan B.
A1  - Testa, Alexander
A1  - Vaughn, Michael G.
SP  - 741
EP  - 783
VL  - 57
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4278
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427820929735
ID  - ref1
ER  -