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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Missouri State Univ, Dept Sociol & Anthropol, 901 S Natl Ave, Springfield, MO 65897 - USA
[2] Lycoming Coll, Dept Criminal Justice Criminol, One Coll Pl, Williamsport, PA 17701 - USA
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY; v. 61, n. 5, p. 1206-1224, SEP 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
The legal socialization framework expounds individual attitudes towards authority. The current study tested whether the attitudes of Brazilian adolescents towards social authorities (parents and teachers) explain later attitudes towards legal authority (the police). Data were obtained from three waves of a longitudinal study of Brazilian youth in SAo Paulo (ages 11-13; 50 per cent female) between 2016 and 2018. The time-ordered data are uniquely capable of testing the legal socialization framework as adolescent social spheres expand beyond the domestic domain. The findings of the structural equation models support the claim that attitudes towards social authorities explain later attitudes towards legal authority. The findings also paint a more complicated and nuanced picture of how spheres of authority are related. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/07923-7 - Center of the Study of Violence - NEV/USP |
| Grantee: | Sergio França Adorno de Abreu |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC |