Juveniles Attitudes Towards Police
The Attitudes of Juveniles Toward the Police
One well-known researcher in particular has been highlighted for his ample research on race as a determinant of attitudes from African-Americans toward police. He was one of the first researchers to explore this topic. His theory was that African Americans’ difficult past has led them to believe that there are active unethical practices within the justice system today, and that this belief leads to their generally unfavorable attitude toward police. In many of his findings, he observed and compared the differences between the attitudes of African Americans and their Caucasian counterparts when it came to dealings with law enforcement. What he found was that many of the African American subjects were …show more content…
While the attitudes of this younger population has long been rendered insignificant, important information could be gleaned from observing whether the race effects seen in adults could begin in adolescence. This data is especially important, due to the fact that juveniles make up a large percentage of the individuals most apt to encounter police and be attested. Though this research has found that younger adults show more negative attitudes toward police than older adults, the impact of respondents’ age while observing juveniles has yet to be …show more content…
These statements looked at their perceptions of police performance of certain service, law enforcement, and order maintenance duties. There were several questions that were asked to assess both the type of contact the juveniles had with the police, as well as their perceptions of officer behavior during the encounter. The items used to yield the findings were used to create a scale on perceptions of policing (Cronbach's alpha = 0.84).
Independent Variable
As aforementioned, the primary goal of this research was to explore the impact of race on juvenile perceptions of the overall performance of law enforcement. That said, the central independent variable was race as it related to the persons responding to police in this study. In addition, there were four other areas in which the authors studied, which included the respondents demographic characteristics, prior victimization, vicarious conduct and perceptions of neighborhood crime and police visibility. These four areas of observation were magnified and used as independent variables.
One well-known researcher in particular has been highlighted for his ample research on race as a determinant of attitudes from African-Americans toward police. He was one of the first researchers to explore this topic. His theory was that African Americans’ difficult past has led them to believe that there are active unethical practices within the justice system today, and that this belief leads to their generally unfavorable attitude toward police. In many of his findings, he observed and compared the differences between the attitudes of African Americans and their Caucasian counterparts when it came to dealings with law enforcement. What he found was that many of the African American subjects were …show more content…
While the attitudes of this younger population has long been rendered insignificant, important information could be gleaned from observing whether the race effects seen in adults could begin in adolescence. This data is especially important, due to the fact that juveniles make up a large percentage of the individuals most apt to encounter police and be attested. Though this research has found that younger adults show more negative attitudes toward police than older adults, the impact of respondents’ age while observing juveniles has yet to be …show more content…
These statements looked at their perceptions of police performance of certain service, law enforcement, and order maintenance duties. There were several questions that were asked to assess both the type of contact the juveniles had with the police, as well as their perceptions of officer behavior during the encounter. The items used to yield the findings were used to create a scale on perceptions of policing (Cronbach's alpha = 0.84).
Independent Variable
As aforementioned, the primary goal of this research was to explore the impact of race on juvenile perceptions of the overall performance of law enforcement. That said, the central independent variable was race as it related to the persons responding to police in this study. In addition, there were four other areas in which the authors studied, which included the respondents demographic characteristics, prior victimization, vicarious conduct and perceptions of neighborhood crime and police visibility. These four areas of observation were magnified and used as independent variables.