Young people and the formation of attitudes towards the police
Young people and the formation of attitudes towards the police
Much is now known about public trust and confidence in the police, especially regarding the important role of procedural justice in police–citizen engagements. However, less is known about perceptions of the police amongst young people and how their views are formed. We use survey data from more than 1500 young people aged 10–15 years whose parents were also interviewed in the Crime Survey for England and Wales (2010–12) to explore the extent that children’s views of the police correspond with those of their parents. We find a strong and consistent link between the views of children and their parents – a relationship moderated by perceptions of police visibility, experience of victimization and the age of the child.
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Sindall, Katy
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McCarthy, Daniel
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Brunton-Smith, Ian
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1 May 2017
Sindall, Katy
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McCarthy, Daniel
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Brunton-Smith, Ian
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Sindall, Katy, McCarthy, Daniel and Brunton-Smith, Ian
(2017)
Young people and the formation of attitudes towards the police.
European Journal of Criminology, 14 (3), .
(doi:10.1177/1477370816661739).
Abstract
Much is now known about public trust and confidence in the police, especially regarding the important role of procedural justice in police–citizen engagements. However, less is known about perceptions of the police amongst young people and how their views are formed. We use survey data from more than 1500 young people aged 10–15 years whose parents were also interviewed in the Crime Survey for England and Wales (2010–12) to explore the extent that children’s views of the police correspond with those of their parents. We find a strong and consistent link between the views of children and their parents – a relationship moderated by perceptions of police visibility, experience of victimization and the age of the child.
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Accepted/In Press date: 24 August 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 24 August 2016
Published date: 1 May 2017
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Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology
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Local EPrints ID: 406687
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/406687
ISSN: 1477-3708
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Ian Brunton-Smith
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