Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, How do Adolescents Develop Legal Cynicism? A Test of Legal Socialization Mechanisms Among Youth Involved in the Justice System, was recently published in Justice Quarterly. Youth-mother dyads were interviewed following their son’s first arrest. Path modeling results suggest that youths’ legal cynicism derives from their own perceived treatment by police rather than from mothers’ legal cynicism. Additionally, youth who perceived the police to have treated them more fairly reported less legal cynicism and in turn reoffended less. Findings advance our understanding of the etiology of legal cynicism and can inform best practices for police interactions with youth.
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See AllDr. Caitlin Cavanagh was honored at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) biennial meeting with the Early Career Research Contribution Award. Read about Dr. Cavanagh's work and this pre
Doctoral student Erica Dalzell's Masters Thesis was recently published in Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, titled Adolescents’ Perceptions of Physical Development Relative to Peer
Congratulations to doctoral student MK Kitzmiller, who was awarded the 2021 MSU Grad Student Award for Community Engagement Scholarship. Of all MSU graduate students, MK was selected as the recipient