Newspaper juries: A field experiment concerning the effect of information on attitudes towards the criminal justice system

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-182

  Elffers, Henk ^a,b   De Keijser, Jan W ^a   Van Koppen, Peter J ^a,c,d   Van Haeringen, Laurien ^e  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Dutch Training and Study Centre for the Judiciary (SSR)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Confidence in criminal justice system; Factual information; Perceptions of crime and justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248545954     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-007-9029-x     Document Type: Article

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