Developing European indicators of trust in justice

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-285

  Jackson, Jonathan ^a   Bradford, Ben ^a   Hough, Mike ^b   Kuha, Jouni ^a   Stares, Sally ^a   Widdop, Sally ^c   Fitzgerald, Rory ^c   Yordanova, Maria ^d   Galev, Todor ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Center for the Study of Democracy   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

compliance with the law; cross national research; legitimacy; survey design; trust and confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960504310     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370811411458     Document Type: Article

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