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Department of Political Science, University of MinhoSÍLVIA MENDES CAMÕES

Ph.D. in Political Science (University of Binghamton - State University of New York)
+ 351 253601944

Sílvia Mendes Camões is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the School of Economics and Management of University of Minho and an integrated Member of the Research Center in Political Science (CICP) of the same institution.

As a researcher and professor, her work intersects within the areas of Public Administration, Public Policy and Political Behavior. Sílvia teaches curricular units such as Political Process Theory, Political Evaluation, Administrative Theory and Research Methodology to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles of Public Administration, Political Science and Administrative Sciences courses.

Research Areas

Public Policy Design, Process, and Evaluation

Criminal Justice Policy

Juvenile Delinquent Policy

Police Behavior and legitimacy

Trust in Police

Political Behavior

Bureaucrat-Politician Relations

Administrative Burden

Accountability in Public Administration
Publications

After-school time use of urban adolescents: Effects on achievement, problem behaviors, and happiness

Journal of Leisure Research

Publication date: 2021

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2020.1785977

Performance measurement and management in Portuguese law enforcement

Public Money and Management

Publication date: 2013

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84869449877&partnerID=MN8TOARS

The impact of deterrence policies on reckless driving: The case of Portugal

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Publication date: 2008

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-56749107226&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Cross-temporal and cross-national comparisons of party left-right positions

Electoral Studies

Publication date: 2007

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846783211&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Learning to lose: Election outcomes, democratic experience and political protest potential

British Journal of Political Science

Publication date: 2006

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-29144470120&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Endogenous economic voting: Evidence from the 1997 British election

Electoral Studies

Publication date: 2004

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-7444245549&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Certainty, severity, and their relative deterrent effects: Questioning the implications of the role of risk in criminal deterrence policy

Policy Studies Journal

Publication date: 2004

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1842709097&partnerID=MN8TOARS

What Are Elections for? Conferring the Median Mandate

British Journal of Political Science

Publication date: 2004

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0346671333&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Putting severity of punishment back in the deterrence package

Policy Studies Journal

Publication date: 2001

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035737668&partnerID=MN8TOARS

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