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Policing juvenile delinquency in China: Exploring the influence of officer-related individual and organizational factors on discretionary police decision-making | |
Yin, X.; Zhao, R. | |
2024-03-01 | |
Source Publication | Children and Youth Services Review |
ISSN | 0190-7409 |
Volume | 158Pages:107459 |
Abstract | Purpose: This study aims to explore police officers’ decision-making patterns for punishing, educating, and providing assistance to minors who have committed property, violent, or illegal drug use offenses. It further examines the impact of both officers’ individual characteristics and perceived organizational support on police reactions to the respective offenses. Methods: Survey data were collected from 454 police officers at 18 police stations in a southwestern Chinese city. Police officers were provided with scenario-based vignettes that elicited their responses to the described offenses. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions were conducted to examine officer-related individual and organizational factors that influenced police decisions to punish, educate, and provide assistance to juvenile offenders involved in property, violent, and illegal drug use offenses. Results: The descriptive findings suggest that police officers may consider all three types of actions (i.e., punishing, educating, and assisting delinquent youth) in addressing juvenile delinquency (JD), with some variations in the actions taken in response to different types of offenses. The findings of the OLS regression analyses generally confirmed that both individual and organizational factors influenced police discretion on JD, but the effects varied according to police response and offense types. Specifically, punitive police attitudes toward delinquent youth and knowledge of relevant laws were robust predictors of officers’ intentions to punish juvenile offenders, and officers’ perceived community service roles and supervisor support were primarily correlated with their preferences for the use of education or assistance measures in addressing delinquency. Organizational training, however, did not show any significant effect on police inclinations in handling JD, regardless of decision or offense types. Unexpected findings are discussed in the “Discussion and Conclusion” section. Conclusions: The study contributes to extant literature on police–juvenile encounters by examining the under-investigated individual and organizational correlates of police decision-making in the Chinese context. The findings highlight the importance of supervisory support and organizational training in managing individual officers’ discretionary power. |
Keyword | China Individual Characteristics Juvenile Delinquency Organizational Support Police Discretion |
DOI | 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107459 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | SSCI |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Family Studies ; Social Work |
WOS Subject | Family Studies ; Social Work |
WOS ID | WOS:001171503700001 |
Publisher | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85183745539 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | Faculty of Social Sciences DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY |
Corresponding Author | Zhao, R. |
Affiliation | Univ Macau, Fac Social Sci, Ave da Univ, Taipa, Macau, Peoples R China |
First Author Affilication | University of Macau |
Corresponding Author Affilication | University of Macau |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Yin, X.,Zhao, R.. Policing juvenile delinquency in China: Exploring the influence of officer-related individual and organizational factors on discretionary police decision-making[J]. Children and Youth Services Review, 2024, 158, 107459. |
APA | Yin, X.., & Zhao, R. (2024). Policing juvenile delinquency in China: Exploring the influence of officer-related individual and organizational factors on discretionary police decision-making. Children and Youth Services Review, 158, 107459. |
MLA | Yin, X.,et al."Policing juvenile delinquency in China: Exploring the influence of officer-related individual and organizational factors on discretionary police decision-making".Children and Youth Services Review 158(2024):107459. |
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