Topic 6: Perceptions of Crime and Justice / Attitudes about Punishment and Criminal Justice System

Annelies Vredeveldt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Determinants of attitudes towards reporting child sexual abuse to the police: Group differences between professionals in school, child protection and law enforcement - Justine Eilfgang, Europa-Universität Flensburg; Lennart Bayer, Europa-Universität Flensburg; Maike Cigelski, Europa-Universität Flensburg; Frieda Mensing, Europa-Universität Flensburg; Simone Pülschen, Europa-Universität Flensburg

Gendered Perceptions of Police Conduct: Public Reactions to Officer Gender in a Traffic Stop Scenario - John C Navarro, Sam Houston State University; Michael A. Hansen, University of Turku; Sierra A Malvitz, Rice University

May We Tighten the Screws? An Experiment on Public Acceptance of Pressure during Police Interrogations - Annelies Vredeveldt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Jan de Keijser, Leiden University; Robert Horselenberg, Maastricht University

Public Trust in Private Security within a Strong State Regulation Framework: The Case of Russia - Anna Gurinskaya, Michigan State University; Mahesh Nalla, Michigan State University

Who loses faith in the law? Examining individual and community-level drivers of legal cynicism - Natasha Madon, Griffith University; Molly McCarthy, Deakin University; Shaun McClaws, Deakin University