Mens & Maatschappij - Volume 86, Issue 3, 2011

The incapacitation effect of first-time imprisonment: A matched samples comparison . One sure way that imprisonment prevents crime in the community is by incapacitating offenders. We used official criminal records data of all individuals convicted in the Netherlands in 1997 to provide estimates of the incapacitation effect of first-time imprisonment. Two different analytical strategies were applied for the estimation of th Read More

Social mobility and expectations towards films. The present study focuses on the effect of social mobility on taste: is taste predominantly shaped during primary socialization, or is it the result of a multitude of socializing experiences? As a measure of taste we consider four aesthetic expectations towards films – attitudes towards innovative, emotional, action and normative dimensions of films. Using data from a large Read More

Support for traditional female roles in 32 countries. Family policy models and gender differences . Cross-national research on support of traditional female roles is scarce. This research fills this knowledge gap by studying 32 countries around the world, to provide insight into categories that support or reject traditional female roles. We test individual and contextual explanations for differences in the support of traditional fem Read More

Judges without a robe: a guarantee for justice?. The Theory of Procedural Justice includes a number of elements that are related to satisfaction with procedures and authorities. This article discusses this theory with respect to the administration of justice. Two elements are derived from this theory: ‘processing of information’ and ‘participation’. The article attempts to answer the question as to how far the Dutch criminal justi Read More