RT Article
T1 Police Contact, Procedural Injustice, and Drug Use
JF Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
VO 62
IS 1
SP 1
OP 25
A1 Baron, Stephen W.
A2 Macdonald, Scott
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1698098863
AB Drawing on general strain theory, this article explores whether young people's perceptions of procedural injustice in their interactions with police, as well as their economic dissatisfaction, are associated with drug use. We examine whether levels of police contact increase the likelihood of perceptions of procedural injustice, and if the relationships between procedural injustice and drug use as well as economic dissatisfaction and drug use are influenced by associations with drug-using peers, legal cynicism, and levels of social support. Using a sample of 449 individuals aged 16-30 years in three Canadian cities, the findings suggest that police contact has a direct relationship with drug use, but it also has an indirect relationship mediated by procedural injustice. Further, economic dissatisfaction, homelessness, legal cynicism, and drug-using peers are also associated with greater drug use. The relationships between procedural injustice and drug use and economic dissatisfaction and drug use are stronger at lower levels of social support. Findings are discussed and suggestions for future research are offered. (English)
K1 Homeless families
K1 Justice
K1 Police
K1 Police-community relations
K1 Social Support
K1 Drug use
K1 Police Contact
K1 procedural injustice
K1 Strain
K1 Tension
DO 10.3138/cjccj.2019-0028