Legal Attitudes and Legitimacy: Extending the Integrated Legal Socialization Model

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 385-406

  Cohn, Ellen S ^a   Trinkner, Rick J ^a   Rebellon, Cesar J ^a   Van Gundy, Karen T ^a   Cole, Lindsey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; attitudes; legal reasoning; legitimacy; moral reasoning; rule violating behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877900339     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2012.713902     Document Type: Article

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