Changing attitudes to punishment : public opinion, crime and justice /

Throughout the western world public opinion has played an important role in shaping criminal justice policy. At the same time opinion polls repeatedly demonstrate that the public knows little about crime and justice, and holds negative views of the criminal justice system. This book, consisting of c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hough, J. M., Roberts, Julian V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cullompton ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2002.
Temas:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Public opinion.
Punishment > Public opinion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Public attitudes to punishment : the context / Julian V. Roberts and Mike Hough
  • 2. Measuring attitudes to sentencing / Loretta J. Stalans
  • 3. Public opinion and the nature of community penalties : international findings / Julian V. Roberts
  • 4. Cross-national attitudes to punishment / Pat Mayhew and John van Kesteren
  • 5. The evolution of public attitudes to punishment in western and eastern Europe / Helmut Kury, Joachim Obergfell-Fuchs and Ursula Smartt
  • 6. Public and judicial attitudes to punishment in Switzerland / Andre Kuhn
  • 7. Public support for correctional rehabilitation in America : change or consistency? / Francis T. Cullen. [and others]
  • 8. Attitudes to punishment in the US : punitive and liberal opinions / John Doble
  • 9. How malleable are attitudes to crime and punishment? : findings from a British deliberative poll / Mike Hough and Alison Park
  • 10. Improving public knowledge about crime and punishment / Catriona Mirrlees-Black
  • 11. Strategies for changing public attitudes to punishment / David Indermaur and Mike Hough
  • 12. Privileging public attitudes to sentencing? / Rod Morgan.

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