The Relationship Between Youth Attitudes Toward Police and Perceptions of Unfair Treatment Keisha April JD Suraji Wagage MS Lindsey Cole PhD Haley Simon BS Shane Nelson BS Naomi Goldstein PhD ID: 579914
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Minority Perceptions Matter: The Relationship Between Youth Attitudes Toward Police and Perceptions of Unfair Treatment
Keisha April, J.D.Suraji Wagage, M.S.Lindsey Cole, PhD.Haley Simon, B.S.Shane Nelson, B.S.Naomi Goldstein, PhD.
American Psychology-Law Society Conference
March 2017Slide2Slide3Slide4
Procedural Justice
Police
LegitimacySlide5
Trust in the Police
Tyler et al., 2015Slide6
Why Youth? Slide7
Current StudySlide8
HypothesisSlide9
Participants
N = 54
Age
17.10 (
SD
= 1.23)
Gender
84.5% male Slide10
Measures
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly
AgreeSlide11
Outcome Measure
Yes
NoSlide12
Do You Think the Police Have Treated You Unfairly in the Past?
bS.E.OR
95% CIP
I have some control over whether police show me respect.
1.16
.40
3.19
[1.45, 7.05]
< .01
I
trust many of the police in my district.
1.12
.45
3.07
[1.28,
7.35]
.01
All police are bad.
1.27
.49
3.56
[1.36, 9.32]
.01
Gender
1.35
.97
3.88
[.58, 26.10]
.16
Cox and Snell
R
2
= .39;
Nagelkerke
R
2
= .53Slide13
Implications
Unfair treatment associated with youths’ distrust of police & feelings of limited control of interactionsSlide14
Implications
Perceptions of unfair treatment not associated with stronger agreement that “all police are bad”Slide15
Limitations & Future Directions Slide16
Thank you!For more information, please contact:
Keisha Aprilka586@drexel.edu