Adolescents' views of defunding the police, abolishing the police, and “The Talk”

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11044950
AutoresAdam D Fine (0000-0002-7029-0731, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA, autor de correspondencia), Josefina Del Toro (0000-0001-8625-026X, Learning Research and Development Center University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA), Juan Del Toro
Año2022
Volumen50
Número7
Páginas2993-3005
Fecha de publicación2022-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22810
PMID35174501
OpenAlexW4213192526
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas47

INTRODUCTION: Definitions regarding defunding or abolishing the police are highly contested in the United States. Moreover, adolescents' definitions and how socialization processes shape their definitions are unclear. METHODS: Within a national sample of 822 adolescents ages 13-17 (49.69% female; 63.22% White, 16.93% Black/African American, 11.01% Hispanic/Latinx) surveyed in July 2020, this study examined how youth define defunding versus abolishing the police, how much parents talk to youth about the police (i.e., "the Talk"), and whether relations emerged between defunding/abolishing the police and "the Talk." RESULTS: Youth supported defunding more than abolishing (d = 0.57). Support for abolishing was higher for youth who frequently received "the Talk" (b = 0.25). Differences by race and gender were uncovered in how frequently youth received "the Talk." CONCLUSIONS: Police must recognize that coercion, fear, and biased policing breed discontent and promote families to engage in protective parenting strategies including engaging in "the Talk."

African american · Coercion (linguistics) · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Police department · Race (biology) · Socialization · Sociology · White (mutation) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Gender Studies · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Social Psychology