Overview

As with all social institutions, learning about law and how to relate to it is an important part of growing up. In Why Children Follow Rules, Tom R. Tyler and Rick Trinkner focus on legal socialization, the process by which children and adolescents form their orientation toward the law, and outline what is known about the process across three related, but distinct, contexts: family, school, and the juvenile justice system. They emphasize the degree to which individuals develop their orientations toward law upon values of responsibility and obligation, as opposed to fear of punishment. They further argue that when individuals experience authority that is fair, respectful, and aware of the limits of power, they are more likely to consent and voluntarily follow directives. Yet, strong pressures and popular support for the exercise of authority based on dominance and force persist. Given the low levels of public trust and confidence in the police, as well as the legal system in general, Why Children Follow Rules offers an invaluable tool for understanding how people come to understand their relationship with the law.

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Author:   Tom R. Tyler (Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology, Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology, Yale University) ,  Rick Trinkner (Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780190644147

ISBN 10:   0190644141
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   22 February 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Legal Socialization and the Elements of Legitimacy Chapter 2: General Approaches to Legal Socialization Chapter 3: Legal Socialization across the Life Course Part II: Models of Legal Socialization Chapter 4: Developing Values and Attitudes about the Law Chapter 5: The Development of Legal Reasoning Chapter 6: Neurological Development and Legal Competency Part III: Legal Socialization across the Spheres of Childhood and Adolescence Chapter 7: Legal Socialization in the Family Chapter 8: Legal Socialization in the School Chapter 9: Legal Socialization in the Juvenile Justice System Part IV: Conclusions & Final Thoughts Notes References Index

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...an easy read and a fascinating introduction to the topic of socialization in the law. -CHOICE The volume is...written for and in the style of academics, who will find much of value in its extensive review of theory, empirical research, and reliance on scholarly references. -- James R. Acker, Distinguished Teaching Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, Social Forces This is a fine book with many important messages. It commends the positive and proactive approach of creating a value climate within which people view authorities as legitimate. When parents, schools and police respond in punitive, arbitrary and humiliating ways to wrongdoing by young people, they tend to make things worse. When they respond in respectful, fair and restorative ways to salvage opportunities to learn from wrongdoing, they tend to make things better. It is not rocket science. Yet this book is the best of science in how to build the decent society bottom-up through simple gifts to our next generation of children. -John Braithwaite, Distinguished Professor, Australian National University Why Children Follow Rules is an important book on legal socialization. It expands the area from cognitive developmental psychology to include a focus on the centrality of authorities including parents, teachers, and the juvenile justice system among children and adolescents. Tom Tyler and Rick Trinkner do a great job of integrating two distinctive legal socialization approaches: the cognitive developmental approach of legal reasoning, legal attitudes, and rule following/rule-breaking and the authority approach of procedural justice, legitimacy of authority, legal cynicism, and rule-following/rule-breaking. This book is a must read for legal socialization researchers and practitioners. -Ellen S. Cohn, Professor of Psychology and Justice Studies, University of New Hampshire A worthy sequel to Why People Obey the Law, Why Children Follow Rules makes a strong, research-based case for adopting the same procedural justice approach toward young people that Tyler has long advocated for adults. The book has one clear, timely message: Subject youth to disrespectful confrontation, rigid enforcement, and unexplained punishment, and both their reoffending and their contempt for rules is likely to increase. -Christopher Slobogin, Milton Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University

This is a fine book with many important messages. It commends the positive and proactive approach of creating a value climate within which people view authorities as legitimate. When parents, schools and police respond in punitive, arbitrary and humiliating ways to wrongdoing by young people, they tend to make things worse. When they respond in respectful, fair and restorative ways to salvage opportunities to learn from wrongdoing, they tend to make things better. It is not rocket science. Yet this book is the best of science in how to build the decent society bottom-up through simple gifts to our next generation of children. -John Braithwaite, Distinguished Professor, Australian National University Why Children Follow Rules is an important book on legal socialization. It expands the area from cognitive developmental psychology to include a focus on the centrality of authorities including parents, teachers, and the juvenile justice system among children and adolescents. Tom Tyler and Rick Trinkner do a great job of integrating two distinctive legal socialization approaches: the cognitive developmental approach of legal reasoning, legal attitudes, and rule following/rule-breaking and the authority approach of procedural justice, legitimacy of authority, legal cynicism, and rule-following/rule-breaking. This book is a must read for legal socialization researchers and practitioners. -Ellen S. Cohn, Professor of Psychology and Justice Studies, University of New Hampshire A worthy sequel to Why People Obey the Law, Why Children Follow Rules makes a strong, research-based case for adopting the same procedural justice approach toward young people that Tyler has long advocated for adults. The book has one clear, timely message: Subject youth to disrespectful confrontation, rigid enforcement, and unexplained punishment, and both their reoffending and their contempt for rules is likely to increase. -Christopher Slobogin, Milton Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University

...an easy read and a fascinating introduction to the topic of socialization in the law. -CHOICE This is a fine book with many important messages. It commends the positive and proactive approach of creating a value climate within which people view authorities as legitimate. When parents, schools and police respond in punitive, arbitrary and humiliating ways to wrongdoing by young people, they tend to make things worse. When they respond in respectful, fair and restorative ways to salvage opportunities to learn from wrongdoing, they tend to make things better. It is not rocket science. Yet this book is the best of science in how to build the decent society bottom-up through simple gifts to our next generation of children. -John Braithwaite, Distinguished Professor, Australian National University Why Children Follow Rules is an important book on legal socialization. It expands the area from cognitive developmental psychology to include a focus on the centrality of authorities including parents, teachers, and the juvenile justice system among children and adolescents. Tom Tyler and Rick Trinkner do a great job of integrating two distinctive legal socialization approaches: the cognitive developmental approach of legal reasoning, legal attitudes, and rule following/rule-breaking and the authority approach of procedural justice, legitimacy of authority, legal cynicism, and rule-following/rule-breaking. This book is a must read for legal socialization researchers and practitioners. -Ellen S. Cohn, Professor of Psychology and Justice Studies, University of New Hampshire A worthy sequel to Why People Obey the Law, Why Children Follow Rules makes a strong, research-based case for adopting the same procedural justice approach toward young people that Tyler has long advocated for adults. The book has one clear, timely message: Subject youth to disrespectful confrontation, rigid enforcement, and unexplained punishment, and both their reoffending and their contempt for rules is likely to increase. -Christopher Slobogin, Milton Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University

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Tom R. Tyler is the Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology at Yale University. Rick Trinkner is Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University.

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