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62 Canadian J. Criminology & Crim. Just. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/cjccj62 and id is 1 raw text is: ARTICLE Police Contact, Procedural Injustice, and Drug Use Stephen W Baron* Deportment of Sociology, Queen's University Scott Macdonald Canadian Institute of Substance Use Research and School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria Abstract: Drawing on general strain theory, this article explores whether young people's perceptions of procedural injustice in their interactions with police, as well as their economic dissatisfaction, are associ- ated with drug use. We examine whether levels of police contact increase the likelihood of perceptions of procedural injustice, and if the relationships between procedural injustice and drug use as well as economic dissatisfaction and drug use are influenced by associations with drug-using peers, legal cynicism, and levels of social support. Using a sample of 449 individuals aged 16-30 years in three Canadian cities, the findings suggest that police contact has a direct relationship with drug use, but it also has an indirect relationship mediated by procedural injustice. Further, economic dissatisfaction, homelessness, legal cynicism, and drug-using peers are also associated with greater drug use. The relationships between procedural injustice and drug use and economic dissatisfaction and drug use are stronger at lower levels of social support. Findings are discussed and suggestions for future research are offered. Keywords: police contact, procedural injustice, strain, drug use Resume : S'inspirant de la theorie generale de la tension, cet article explore si la perception des jeunes en- vers l'injustice procedurale lors de leurs interactions avec la police ainsi que leur insatisfaction 6conomique sont associees A la consommation de drogues. Nous examinons si les niveaux de contact avec la police augmentent les chances de perception d'injustice procedurale et si les relations entre l'injustice procedurale et la consommation de drogues ainsi quentre l'insatisfaction 6conomique et la consommation de drogues sont influencees par des associations avec des pairs consommant des drogues, du cynisme l6gal et divers niveaux de soutien social. A l'aide d'un 6chantillon compos6 de 449 personnes Agees de 16 A 30 ans et vivant dans trois villes canadiennes, les resultats suggerent que le contact avec la police a un lien direct avec la consommation de drogues, mais a aussi un lien indirect entrain6 par l'injustice procedurale. De plus, l'insatisfaction 6conomique, l'itin6rance, le cynisme l6gal et des pairs consommant des drogues sont aussi associes avec une plus grande consommation de drogues. Les liens entre l'injustice procedurale et la consommation de drogues ainsi quentre l'insatisfaction 6conomique et la consommation de drogues sont * Please direct correspondence to Stephen W. Baron, Department of Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6; barons@queensu.ca © 2020 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice / Revue canadienne de criminologie et de justice penale, 62, I, (January I janvier), 1-25 doi:10.3138/cjccj.2019-0028

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