TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of the criminal justice system by minority and majority group university students
T2 - The role of ethnic identity
AU - Willis Esqueda, Cynthia
AU - Schlosser, Madeline J.
AU - Delgado, Rosa Hazel
AU - Orozco Garcia, David
PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - Minorities are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, and prior research has indicated ethnic minorities and Whites have different opinions of and different experiences within the system. While differences have been shown, the influence of ethnic identity on perceptions of the legal system has been overlooked. The purpose of the present research was to determine if there were differences in perceptions of the legal system by ethnic identity levels for ethnic minorities and Whites. Results indicated differences do exist and ethnic identity is a crucial issue in understanding resonance with the legal system. Future directions for incorporating ethnic identity in research on the criminal justice system are discussed.
AB - Minorities are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, and prior research has indicated ethnic minorities and Whites have different opinions of and different experiences within the system. While differences have been shown, the influence of ethnic identity on perceptions of the legal system has been overlooked. The purpose of the present research was to determine if there were differences in perceptions of the legal system by ethnic identity levels for ethnic minorities and Whites. Results indicated differences do exist and ethnic identity is a crucial issue in understanding resonance with the legal system. Future directions for incorporating ethnic identity in research on the criminal justice system are discussed.
KW - Ethnicity
KW - minorities
KW - police-community relations
KW - race
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U2 - 10.1080/15377938.2018.1512918
DO - 10.1080/15377938.2018.1512918
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062323816
SN - 1537-7938
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
JF - Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
IS - 1
ER -