Carolyn Côté-Lussier

BA (Carleton University), MA (University of Toronto)

Working Title of PhD

The evil, poor, disliked and punished: Criminal stereotypes and the effects of their cognitive, affective and behavioural outcomes on punitiveness toward crime

Supervisor

Jonathan Jackson

Contact Information

Email: c.cote-lussier@lse.ac.uk|

Scholarships and awards

• Santander Travel Research Fund (2010) 'Representative Survey on Public Attitudes Toward Crime, Punishment and Justice in Santiago, Chile'
• LSE PhD Scholarship
• Central Research Fund Grant 2008/2009 (University of London) 'The instinct to punish and punishment decisions: Social perception, ideology and morality'
• John Edwards Award (top MA student at the Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 2007-2008)
• Canada Graduate Scholarship - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Departmental Fellowship - Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto
• Senate's Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Carleton University
• Gerhard Herzberg Scholarship, Carleton University
• George Fierheller Scholarship, Carleton University

Research Interests

• Perceptions of people and personhood
• Punitiveness and punishment
• Crime, media and criminal justice policy
• Criminology and criminal justice
• Stereotypes and gender
• Social status

Background

• Master of Arts in Criminology (2008) - University of Toronto (Canada) Research paper title: The Rise of the Private Security Industry and Public Police Expansionism: A Case Study of the Montreal Police Service's Metro Unit.
• Research Assistant in Social Psychology (2007) - Dr. Michael Conway's Laboratory, Concordia University (Canada)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a Concentration in Psychology (2006) - Carleton University (Canada) Research paper title: Status-Related Attentional Bias: Implications for Gender

Publications and Working Papers

• Jackson, J., Gerber, M. and Cote-Lussier, C. (in press). 'The Ideological Roots of Fear of Crime and Punitive Sentiment in Greece and the UK: A Commentary on Zarafonitou', in Cheliotis, L. K. and Xenakis, S. (eds.), Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Greece: International Comparative Perspectives. Oxford: Peter Lang A G.
• Conway, M., Côté-Lussier, C. & Fitzpatrick, C. (In preparation). Rapid recognition of symbols of high status: On an attentional bias in the perception of hierarchical relations.
• Conway, M., Côté-Lussier, C., Giannopoulos, D. & Tabri, N. (In preparation). What is a person? Communality more than agency defines personhood.

 Conference Papers

• Côté-Lussier, C. (July, 2011). On the role of stereotypes and political ideology in shaping perceptions and punishment of crime. International Society of Political Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Côté-Lussier, C. (July, 2011). On the role of social stereotypes and the two fundamental dimensions of social perception (warmth and competence) in public punitiveness toward crime. European Association for Social Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Côté-Lussier, C. (October, 2010). Criminals as a social group: Applying the stereotype content model to the study of crime and punishment. European Social Cognition Network Transfer Conference (ESCON2) Expert Meeting on "The 'Big Two' Content Dimensions in Social Cognition and Behaviour", Neuendettelsau, Germany.
• Gerber, M., Côté-Lussier, C. & Jackson, J. (June 2010). Punitive sentiment: Social concerns and motivated social cognition in public attitudes toward criminal punishment. International Conference John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), Marrakech, Morocco, 2010.
• Gerber, M., Côté-Lussier, C. & Jackson, J. (September 2009). On crime and criminal justice: The effect of ideology, morality and social concerns European Association of Psychology and Law, Sorrento, Italy, 2009.
• Côté-Lussier, C., Gerber, M. & Jackson, J. (July 2009). Public attitudes towards punishment: Social concerns, ideology and morality. European Survey Research Association, Warsaw, Poland, 2009.
• Conway, M., Côté-Lussier, C., Fitzpatrick, C., Giannopoulos, C. (May 2008). Attentional bias in the perception of hierarchical relationships. Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois, 2008.
• Côté-Lussier, C., Conway, M. & Hébert, C. (June 2007). The difference between objects and people, and the difference between women and men. Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Ontario, 2007.
• Côté-Lussier, C. (2007). The effects of media violence on behaviour and attitudes. In S. Wortley The Root Causes of Youth Violence. Toronto: The Roots of Youth Violence Inquiry, Government of Ontario.
• Côté-Lussier, C., Conway, M. & Amari, F. (May 2007). Of what is a person made? The importance of communality and agency. Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C., 2007.