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legal socialization  

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  • Legal socialization is a research field on the processes whereby individuals, essentially from childhood until the end of adolescence, develop a system of cognitive representations, images, and attitudes about law. Although these change owing to experiences during adulthood, they never disappear; the early attitudes continue to underlie the way adults perceive and use law. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Socialization, Legal]

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