Legal socialization is the process through which individuals acquire attitudes and beliefs about the law, legal authorities, and legal institutions.This occurs through individuals' interactions, both personal and vicarious, with police, courts, and other legal actors.To date, most of what is known about legal socialization comes from studies of individual differences among adults in their perceived legitimacy of law and legal institutions,' and in their cynicism about the law and its underlying norms. 2 This work shows that adults' attitudes about the legitimacy of law are directly tied to individuals' compliance with the law and cooperation with legal authorities.3 Despite the potential importance of the development of these attitudes about law and their connection to illegal behavior, previous research on legal socialization prior to adulthood (i.e., adolescence) is rare.
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