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Malgie, Aryama Sunanda (2023)

Perceived Safety and Policy and Initiative Support to Combat Youth Crime

Bachelor thesis | Security Studies (BSc)
An increase cases on youth crime have been the centre of attention on the news lately and more policies are being implemented to stop this increase on juvenile delinquency. This thesis uses a photograph-based survey experiment to measure how perceived safety depending on skin colour (brown vs. white) and clothing (hoodie vs. casual) affects policy and initiative support to combat juvenile delinquency. From the obtained data it can be concluded that participants feel least safe encountering a white boy in casual clothes and a brown boy in a hoodie. Moreover, policy and initiative support does not increase as participants feel less safe. Almost all participants support most policies and/or initiatives presented. The Knife Ban Policy receives the most support and the Gathering Ban Policy receives the least support.
Youth Crime
Perceived Safety
Juvenile Delinquency
policy support
Author
Malgie, Aryama Sunanda
Faculty
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
Supervisors
Mazepus, H.
ECTS Credits
15
Language
en