Journal of community psychology
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J Community Psychol · Jan 2020
Neighborhood cohesion and procedural justice in policing among Black adults: The moderating role of cultural race-related stress.
This study explored how neighborhood cohesion is related to perceptions of procedural justice in policing, and the moderating role of cultural race-related stress among Black adults. ⋯ Altogether, these findings highlight how structural and local environmental factors can influence perceptions of police among Black adults in the US.
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J Community Psychol · Jan 2020
An examination of the influence of procedurally just strategies on legal cynicism among urban youth experiencing police contact.
Adolescents experience more police-initiated contacts resulting from relatively minor infractions than any other group, and often these interactions do not result in notable legal consequences. However, such interactions may have long-term consequences for adolescent perceptions of the justice system. Using data from the age 15 wave of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, our study examines associations between situational and process features of police contact and legal cynicism in adolescence, accounting for demographic characteristics, self-reported delinquency, neighborhood context, and stop outcome. ⋯ Youth perceptions of procedural justice were associated with lower legal cynicism. Situational features of police contact such as harsh language and frisking were related to higher legal cynicism. Directions for future research, including the need for longitudinal research on this topic, are discussed.