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WE NEVER CALL THE COPS AND HERE IS WHY: A QUALITATIVE EXAMINATION OF LEGAL CYNICISM IN THREE PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS*

CARR, PATRICK J., NAPOLITANO, LAURA, KEATING, JESSICA·2007·Criminology
DOI 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2007.00084.x
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This article presents data from the completed first wave of a multiwave comparative study of crime, danger, and informal social control that focuses on youth living in three high‐crime neighborhoods in Philadelphia, PA (N= 147). The study is a purposive sample of delinquent and nondelinquent young men and women in one predominantly African‐American, one predominantly Latino, and one predominantly white neighborhood, and researchers have completed in‐depth interviews and self‐reports with each subject. This article focuses on the narratives that youth living in high‐crime neighborhoods build around their contact with police and the strategies the young people propose for crime reduction in their communities. The data illustrate that most youth in each neighborhood are negatively disposed toward police and that this is grounded in the lived experience of negative encounters with law enforcement. However, when youth expounded on what they thought would reduce crime, they overwhelmingly chose increased and tougher law enforcement. We analyze these findings to determine whether support exists for a subcultural approach or a cultural attenuation/procedural justice argument, and we explore the implications of our findings for community‐based crime control.

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Authors
CARR, P. J., NAPOLITANO, L., & KEATING, J.
Affiliations
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Saint Joseph's University (US)
ORCID
NAPOLITANO, LAURA
Venue
Criminology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-05
Volume
45
Issue
2
Pages
445-480
ISSN
  • 0011-1384 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-9125
DOI
10.1111/j.1745-9125.2007.00084.x
OpenAlex
W2104229281
Cited by
641
References
105
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 49 · 2019: 46 · 2018: 51 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 43 · 2015: 38 · 2014: 35 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 25
FWCI
74.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 28 d)
Locations
Criminology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
Keywords
legal cynicism, informal social control, high-crime neighborhoods, crime reduction strategies, subcultural theory, procedural justice, African American youth, Latino youth, Philadelphia neighborhoods

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