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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Police Contact"”.
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“The Talk” The impact of police contact on youth reports of parental engagement in preparation for encounters with police among a racially diverse sample of youth
… as non-White are more likely to experience police contact than racialized White youth, from a police stop to victimization at the hands of law enforcement. Encountering police can be a particularly traumatic event that may justify why some youth report parental engagement “The Talk” (e.g., …
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Teens in Transition: Evaluating a Youth Violence Intervention Program
… and fieldnotes were collected. Using official police contact data, the analysis will assess whether youth who completed the program were less likely to engage in crime and delinquency while in the program compared to similar youth. The results of the initial participant eligibility analysis …
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Controlling youth crime: A qualitative analysis of informal and formal social controls.
… control were also evaluated, including previous police contact, experience within the court system, custodial experience, certainty of punishment, knowledge and perceptions of a strict discipline program, probability of deterrence, and perceived fairness of punishment. (Abstract shortened by …
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Race and Contact at Play: Understanding Blacks’ Experiences and Perceptions with Law Enforcement
… has remained strained, raising concerns about police legitimacy, fairness and trustworthiness. A long-standing history of systemic racial discrimination, marked by police brutality and racial profiling, has disproportionately targeted Black communities, leaving deep social scars that continue …
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Teen Court Offenders, Their Experience, and Re-Offending: Processing the Soft End of Juvenile Justice
… were not associated with sentence completion or police contact after teen court.
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Juvenile Substance Abuse and Criminal Career Continuity
… results indicate that those juveniles having a contact with the police are more likely to have a criminal career than are those who do not. Furthermore, those juveniles having a police contact for drugs are far more likely to commit crimes of high seriousness in adulthood than are those …
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An Examination of Missoula Citizens' Perceptions of Local Law Enforcement
… considerable research on public perceptions of police over the years. Previous research has been mostly done in urban areas and primarily focused on race, public-police contact, and socioeconomic factors that impact public perceptions. Research has begun to look more at rural areas and at the …
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An Examination of Missoula Citizens' Perceptions of Local Law Enforcement
… considerable research on public perceptions of police over the years. Previous research has been mostly done in urban areas and primarily focused on race, public-police contact, and socioeconomic factors that impact public perceptions. Research has begun to look more at rural areas and at the …
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Children and the Law: How Does Early Contact with Law Enforcement Predict Severity and Frequency of Offending Later in Life?
Based on observations recorded through police contact, this study examined the influence of individual and environmental factors on predicting involvement in offence type categories (Non-Violent; Violent; Sexual) in samples of children before and after the age of criminal responsibility (age 12). …
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Do Objective Measures reduce the Disproportionate Rates of Minority Youth Placed in Detention: Validation of a Risk Assessment Instrument?
… often referred to as disproportionate minority contact (DMC) can be found at many stages of the juvenile justice continuum. Further, research has shown that overrepresentation is not necessarily related to higher rates of criminal activity and suggests that case processing disparities can …
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Media Influences and Student Attitudes Toward Law Enforcement Figures Within Northeast Tennessee
… a better understanding of public relations, police effectiveness, and media influences in Northeastern Tennessee. This literature review provided a preliminary analysis of related works to advance the accuracy in conducting and examining future studies. The fields that deserve the most …