@article{1096,
  keywords = {Criminal justice system, Child behavior},
  author = {Dylan Jackson and Alexander Testa and Michael Vaughn},
  title = {Low Self-control and Legal Cynicism among At-Risk Youth: An Investigation into Direct and Vicarious Police Contact},
  abstract = {<p>Objectives<br />
This study explores the nexus between low self-control and legal cynicism among a recent sample of at-risk youth while accounting for various features of direct and vicarious police stops.</p>

<p>Methods<br />
Analyses are based on data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, which employs a national sample of urban-born, at-risk youth.</p>

<p>Results<br />
A uniquely potent association between low self-control and legal cynicism emerged across samples with and without exposure to vicarious or direct police stops. Furthermore, among youth exposed to police stops, the link between low self-control and legal cynicism was largely robust to perceptions/features of these stops, including the degree of officer intrusiveness, arrest, perceptions of procedural justice, and youth feelings of social stigma following the stop.</p>

<p>Conclusions<br />
Programmatic efforts that both enhance the early development of self-control through mindfulness and curriculum-based interventions (e.g., Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) and facilitate trauma-informed policing may be beneficial in curtailing the development of legal cynicism.</p>
},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency},
  volume = {57},
  number = {6},
  pages = {741-783},
  url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022427820929735},
}