Fix Rebecca L, Jackson Dylan B, Jindal Monique
Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2023 Jan;51(1):406-421. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22913. Epub 2022 Jul 6.
Youth-police encounters reflect a pivotal point for intervention to improve police-community relations. Data from 454 youths (M = 15.1 years) included brief written descriptions of positive and negative experiences with a police officer and perceptions of police using Likert-scale items. Participating youths described both positive (46%) and negative (60%) experiences with police. Besides decidedly positive experiences, youths also responded to the positive experiences prompt with ambiguous situations (46%) that involved the arrest of the youth or their family (procedural or distributive justice). Examples of ambiguous self-described positive experiences included, "Restraining order," "My dad went to prison," and "When I was arrested in location redacted, the officer was kind and didn't put me in cuffs." Results from regressions indicated youths' perceptions of police were more often associated with the absence of positive experiences than specific positive or negative experiences. Study findings have implications for police trainings and future research on youth-police encounters.
青少年与警察的接触是改善警民关系干预措施的一个关键点。来自454名青少年（平均年龄M = 15.1岁）的数据包括与警察正面和负面经历的简短书面描述，以及使用李克特量表项目对警察的看法。参与研究的青少年描述了与警察的正面经历（46%）和负面经历（60%）。除了明确的正面经历外，青少年在回应正面经历提示时，还提到了涉及青少年本人或其家人被捕的模棱两可的情况（46%）（程序正义或分配正义）。自我描述的模棱两可的正面经历包括：“限制令”、“我爸爸进监狱了”以及“当我在[地点已编辑]被捕时，警察很和善，没有给我戴手铐”。回归分析结果表明，青少年对警察的看法更多地与缺乏正面经历有关，而非具体的正面或负面经历。研究结果对警察培训以及未来关于青少年与警察接触的研究具有启示意义。
