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The following handle holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation:
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/61143
Author: Koster, N.N.
Title: Crime victims and the police: Crime victims’ evaluations of police behaviour, legitimacy, and cooperation: a multi-method study
Issue Date: 2018-02-01
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Crime victims and the police Crime victims’ evaluations of police behaviour, legitimacy, and cooperation:
A multi-method study
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Crime victims and the police
Crime victims’ evaluations of police behaviour, legitimacy, and cooperation:
A multi-method study
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op donderdag 1 februari 2018 klokke 16.15 uur
door
Nathalie-Sharon Nandita Koster
geboren te Goa, India in 1989
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Copromotor: Dr. M.J.J. Kunst
Promotiecommissie: Prof. dr. B. Bradford (UCL, United Kingdom) Prof. dr. C.P.M. Cleiren
Prof. dr. E.R. Muller
Prof. dr. A. Pemberton (INTERVICT and Tilburg University)
Prof. dr. N. Peršak (Institute of Criminal-Law Ethics and Criminology, Slovenia)
This study was financially supported by a NWO under Grant number 406- 12-073 and Police & Science. Both institutions are thanked for providing funds to conduct this study.
Lay-out: AlphaZet prepress, Waddinxveen Printwerk: Ipskamp Printing
© 2018 N.N. Koster
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Table of contents
1 General introduction 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Research questions 7
1.3 Research framework 9
1.4 Contribution of the current thesis to literature and society 15
1.5 Methods 17
1.6 Outline of the current thesis 17
2 A review of the literature 21
2.1 Introduction 23
2.2 Methods 28
2.3 Results 31
2.4 Discussion 53
3 A test of measurement and structure 61
3.1 Introduction 63
3.2 Methods 67
3.3 Results 70
3.4 Discussion 76
4 A cross-sectional and prospective exploration 79
4.1 Introduction 81
4.2 Methods 85
4.3 Results 90
4.4 Discussion 94
5 An explorative experimental vignette study 101
5.1 Introduction 103
5.2 Study 1 106
5.3 Study 2 112
5.4 General discussion 120
5.5 Appendix 124
6 A qualitative exploration 127
6.1 Introduction 129
6.2 Methods 131
6.3 Results 134
6.4 General discussion 144
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7 General discussion 147
7.1 Introduction 147
7.2 Summary of main results 148
7.3 Theoretical considerations 158
7.4 Methodological strenghts of the current thesis 159 7.5 Limitations of the current thesis 161
7.6 Directions for future research 162
7.7 Recommendations for police practice 165 Nederlandstalige samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) 169 References 183
Nawoord (Acknowledgements) 193
Curriculum Vitae 195
Publications 196
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