Neighborhood climates of legal cynicism and complaints about abuse of police power

Research findings show that legal cynicism—a cultural frame in which skepticism about laws, the legal system, and police is expressed—is important in understanding neighborhood variation in engagement with the police, particularly in racially isolated African American communities. We argue that lega...

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Main Author: McCarthy, Bill (Author)
Contributors: Hagan, John ; Herda, Daniel
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 510-536
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Cultural frames
Neighborhoods
Police complaints
Police misconduct
Racial segregation