In criminal justice we trust? a decade of public opinion research in Belgium

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 286-302

  Parmentier, Stephan ^a   Vervaeke, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; confidence; criminal justice; public opinion; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960482730     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370811411460     Document Type: Article

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