Building Police-Youth Relationships: The Importance of Procedural Justice

Lynette Robyn Hinds

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    Abstract

    A consistent body of research shows that a key reason that adults support police is that they view them as legitimate. This paper adds to the small number of studies to explore factors that influence young people's judgments of police legitimacy. Using data from a written survey of 14 to 16 year-old high school students, findings show that young people's attitudes toward police legitimacy are positively linked to police use of procedural justice. Prior negative contact with police is significantly associated with young people's judgments of lower police legitimacy. Implications for building better police-youth relationships are discussed.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)195-209
    JournalYouth Justice
    Volume7
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

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