Shame and punishment: An international comparative study on the effects of religious affiliation and religiosity on attitudes to offending

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 481-495

  Koster, Ferry ^a,b   Goudriaan, Heike ^a,c   van der Schans, Coen ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Religion; Religiosity; Social Norms; Victimless Crimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449635178     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370809341129     Document Type: Article

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