Putting the social back in legal socialization: Procedural justice, legitimacy, and cynicism in legal and nonlegal authorities

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 602-617

  Trinkner, Rick ^a,b   Cohn, Ellen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

authority; delinquency; Legal socialization; legitimacy; procedural justice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; OFFENDER; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CRIMINALS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARENTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84925657573     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: 1573661X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000107     Document Type: Article

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