Effect of Early Interactions With the Police on Intertemporal Choice: A Longitudinal Study of Zurich Public School Students
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Adolescents tend to increase their offending after police contact, contrary to predictions of choice-based theories. This may be due to police contact altering their view of their future prospects, leading them to prioritize the present. Preregistered fixed effects analyses of longitudinal data collected from Zurich public school students provide no support for an association between police contact and a change in impulsivity, sensation-seeking, or future orientation. Exploratory analyses find evidence that first-time and especially early contact with the police is associated with an increase in sensation-seeking and a reduction in future orientation. We conclude that certain types of police contact may increase young adolescents’ preference for the present. Future research should test whether this relationship is causal and generalizable.
Source: Apollo (University of Cambridge)
DOI: 10.17863/cam.113865
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G115628676, G1690790857, The Zurich Study on the Social Development of Children and Youth: Phase III, Preventing problem behaviour during the transition from childhood to early adolescence: A semi-experimental longitudinal study, G3141404134, The Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children, Phase 2, G4645113736, The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood: Phase VI, The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood: Phase V, G6143406765, The Zurich Study on the Social Development of Children and Youths: Phase IV, G957171197
OpenAlex ID: W6906625406
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