Topic 6: Perceptions of Crime and Justice / Fear of Crime and Risk perception

Bo Zhang, Bangor University

COVID-19 in Emerging and Democratic Countries: Qualitative Differences in Trust in Authority - Damilola Sholademi, School of Criminology and Justice Studies, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA; Puthborey Phon, School of Criminology and Justice Studies, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA; Amber Horning Ruf, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Joselyne Chenane Nkogo, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Rita Augustyn, Keene State College

People Who Use Drugs’ accounts of fentanyl-involved “hot shot” murders - Katharina Maier, University of Winnipeg; Marta-Marika Urbanik, University of Alberta; Carolyn Greene, Wilfrid Laurier University; Matthew Valasik, The University of Alabama

Theoretical Considerations of Fear of Crime: How Adolescent and Young Adults Reinforce and Resist the Vulnerability Framework - Nicole Rader, Mississippi State University; Rebecca Lennox, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Chloe Keel, Griffith University

Crime Rumors vs. Reality: Truth, Lies, and British Crime Myths in Chinese Study Abroad Circles - Bo Zhang, Bangor University; Martina Feilzer, Bangor University, Wales, UK