Sophie Hetche
Criminology
Main Focus
- Developmental psychology and socialization
- Peer influences in adolescent delinquent decision-making and peer offending
- Political-psychological foundations of legal attitudes (i.e., system justification & just world beliefs)
- Virtual reality interventions
Curriculum Vitae
Professional appointments
- September 2025 – present: Doctoral researcher, Department of Criminology, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany
Professional experience
- 2024: Research intern at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Education
- 2023–2025: M.Sc. Development and Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence, Utrecht University, the Netherlands (Supervisor: Flavio Azevedo)
- 2020–2023: B.Sc. Psychology, University of Twente, the Netherlands (Supervisors: Yudit Namer & Selin Ayas)