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  • Re-examining the relationship between age and confidence in the police in Canada

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    Madon, Natasha S
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Madon, Natasha S.
    Year published
    2018
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    When views of police across age groups are examined, it is commonly found that young people hold more negative views of police than their adult counterparts. The argument is thus made that views of police become more favourable with age and that the nature of this relationship is linear. The 2009 General Social Survey on Victimization is used to re-examine this relationship by observing the trajectory of perceptions of police from adolescence into adulthood. Calling into question the presumed linear relationship between age and attitudes towards the police, this study finds that the direction of the relationship between the ...
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    When views of police across age groups are examined, it is commonly found that young people hold more negative views of police than their adult counterparts. The argument is thus made that views of police become more favourable with age and that the nature of this relationship is linear. The 2009 General Social Survey on Victimization is used to re-examine this relationship by observing the trajectory of perceptions of police from adolescence into adulthood. Calling into question the presumed linear relationship between age and attitudes towards the police, this study finds that the direction of the relationship between the two variables is contingent upon what portion of the population is examined. The findings of the regression analyses demonstrate that for those under 25, there is a negative relationship between age and confidence in police, while for those 20 and older, the relationship is positive. These findings highlight that those who are youngest are not the most negative towards police. Directions for future research are explored. L'examen de la manière dont la police est perçue par les gens, et ce, peu importe le groupe d'âge, entraîne souvent la constatation qu'elle est perçue plus négativement par les jeunes que par les adultes. L'argument est donc avancé que cette perception s'améliore avec l'âge et que la nature de cette relation est linéaire. L'Enquête sociale générale de 2009 sur la victimisation est utilisée pour réexaminer cette relation en observant la trajectoire des perceptions de la police de l'adolescence à l'âge adulte. En remettant en question la relation prétendument linéaire entre l'âge et l'attitude envers la police, cette étude découvre que la direction de la relation entre les deux variables est conditionnelle à la portion de la population examinée. Les résultats des analyses de régression démontrent que, pour ceux qui ont moins de 25 ans, il y a une relation négative entre l'âge et la confiance en la police, tandis que pour ceux qui ont plus de 20 ans, la relation est positive. Ces résultats soulignent que les plus jeunes ne sont pas les plus négatifs envers la police. Les différentes orientations de recherches futures sont explorées.
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    Journal Title
    Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
    Volume
    60
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3138/cjccj.2017-0004
    Copyright Statement
    Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this journal. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author[s] for more information.
    Subject
    International and comparative law
    Criminology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/372703
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