Legal socialization and subcultural norms: Examining linkages between perceptions of procedural justice, legal cynicism, and the code of the street

Richard K. Moule, George W. Burruss, Faith E. Gifford, Megan M. Parry and Bryanna Fox

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2019, vol. 61, issue C, 26-39

Abstract: The procedural justice model of legal socialization holds that perceptions of unfair treatment by legal authorities foster cynicism toward the law. Subcultural theories argue negative perceptions of those same authorities, and resulting cynicism toward the law, also foster belief in antisocial norms. The current study considers the overlap of these literatures by exploring the psychometric properties of the core constructs found in both models and the relationships between these constructs.

Keywords: Code of the street; Legal cynicism; Legal socialization; Procedural justice; Subcultural norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2019.03.001

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