Criminology, Psychology and Culture

Criminology has long been concerned with crime, law, and social control, while psychology has focused on individual cognition, emotion, and behavior. Yet many of the most pressing questions in contemporary criminology—such as public trust in legal authorities, perceptions of legitimacy, responses to victimization, and attitudes toward punishment—cannot be fully understood without attending to their cultural and psychological foundations. Culture shapes how individuals interpret legal norms, assign meaning to justice and injustice, and negotiate their relationships with formal institutions of social control.This Research Topic seeks to bring together criminology, psychology, and cultural analysis to examine how cultural contexts interact with psychological processes to influence legal consciousness, moral reasoning, and social regulation. Rather than treating culture as a background variable, the collection foregrounds culture as an active framework through which individuals and communities make sense of crime, victimization, authority, and justice.Methodologically, this Research Topic is open to quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, as well as theoretical and review papers that advance conceptual integration across disciplines. By encouraging dialogue between criminology and psychology, the collection aims to move beyond disciplinary silos and contribute to a more nuanced understanding of how crime and justice are experienced, interpreted, and regulated in diverse cultural contexts.By synthesizing these three pillars—Criminology, Psychology, and Culture—this collection aims to provide a more holistic understanding of human behavior in legal contexts, ultimately informing more culturally sensitive and effective intervention policies.We welcome original research, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses on themes including, but not limited to:• Cultural Deviance, Crime, and Psychology: How cultural dimensions (e.g., individualism vs. collectivism, honor cultures) influence criminal motivation and decision-making.• Perceptions of Justice and Victimology: Cross-cultural variations in the stigmatization of victims and public attitudes toward the legal system, sentencing and restorative justice.• Migration and Acculturation: The impact of cultural identity, displacement, and acculturation stress on deviant behavior and social integration.• Cybercrime and Culture: How digital cultures and subcultures facilitate or deter criminal activities in the virtual space.• Indigenous and Local Perspectives: Integrating non-Western criminological and psychological frameworks into modern criminological practice.• Cultural perspectives on Legal Compliance: How cultural values influence the internalizing of legal rules and voluntary compliance with regulations. • Gender, Violence, and Migration: Gender-based violence and intimate partner violence in migrant contexts; cultural norms, legal status, help-seeking, and institutional responses.• Juveniles and Cross-Cultural Justice: Cross-cultural approaches to youth offending, responsibility, diversion and rehabilitation, and justice experiences. Topic editors: Luye Li, Colleen M. Berryessa, Fei Luo Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/77804/criminology-psychology-and-culture