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Cohn, Ellen. and Modecki, Kathryn. "Attitudes Toward the Criminal Legal System: A Mediator Between Personality and Behavior for Males and Females" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, Renaissance Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, May 27, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p116901_index.html>

Cohn, E. S. and Modecki, K. L. , 2004-05-27 "Attitudes Toward the Criminal Legal System: A Mediator Between Personality and Behavior for Males and Females" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, Renaissance Hotel, Chicago, Illinois <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p116901_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Researchers often struggle to understand potential predictors of delinquency. The current study hypothesized that attitudes toward the criminal legal system (ATCLS) (Martin & Cohn, 2003) mediate the relation between belief in a just world (Rubin & Peplau, 1975) and authoritarianism (Altemeyer, 1981) and delinquency as measured by rule violating behavior in adolescents. We will test whether ATCLS plays the same role for males and females. The earliest attention given to attitudes toward the law can be seen in the legal socialization literature (Cohn & White, 1990; Tapp & Kohlberg, 1977; Tapp & Levine, 1977). Legal socialization refers to how members of society acquire legal attitudes, values and norms (Hess & Torney, 1967). Because socialization links the individual and society, legal socialization is a helpful framework for empirical questions (Hogan, 1976; Kelman,1958; Levine & Tapp, 1977; Tapp & Kohlberg, 1977). We know from the delinquency literature that boys tend to engage in more rule-violating behaviors than girls (OJJDP). Also we know that boys are higher in authoritarianism than girls (Browing, 1985). 938 high school students reported their rule-violating behavior and attitudes (belief in a just world, authoritarianism, and ATCLS). Separate path models for male and female adolescents tested the relation between both belief in a just world and authoritarianism and delinquency as measured by the extent of rule-violating behavior. It was found that ATCLS was a mediator for both belief in a just world and authoritarianism for males. In contrast ATCLS was a mediator only for belief in a just world but not authoritarianism for females. Authoritarianism was directly related to delinquency. A sex by delinquency (high, not high) MANOVA revealed main effects of sex and delinquency. Males were higher in authoritarianism than females. Adolescents highest in delinquency scored lower in all three attitudes than other adolescents.

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Longitudinal Model to Test Legal Attitudes as Mediators between Legal Reasoning and Rule-Violating Behavior