It has been seventy years since signing the Declaration of Human Rights, yet human right
violations are still happening across the globe. This review asks the question–what is the …

Public belief in redeemability reduces punitiveness and increases support for policy
measures such as rehabilitation, expungement, and housing and employment opportunities …

Identifying a criminal act as terrorism is a complicated task, influenced by strict legal
definitions and public perceptions. While law enforcement must adhere to the criminal code …

Individuals express support for civil liberties and human rights, but when threatened tend to
restrict rights for both others and themselves. However, the question of whether or not rights …

This article investigates how 12 upper-elementary school teachers dealt with the occurrence
of a terrorist attack in their city during school hours and in the immediate aftermath. All …

We outline four connections between xenophobia and punitiveness toward criminals in a
national sample of Americans. First, among self-identified whites xenophobia is more …

To explore the interrelationship between terrorist acts, terrorist ethnicity, and observer
gender and cultural background in Israel, we recruited 211 participants aged 19–75 years …

ABSTRACT A number of homeland security measures have been implemented or proposed
since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. While public opinion polls suggest that …

People overestimate the risk of some events, such as terrorist attacks and immigrant crimes,
but not of others. Stereotype amplification theory indicates that politicized, out-group …

This study focuses on the effects of victim/offender ethnic affiliation and cultural background
of observers on attitudes toward offenders. To examine the effect of cultural background, we …