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Americans view crime and justice : a national public opinion survey /

The results from the United States National Crime and Justice Survey conducted in 1995 are analyzed in this volume. The survey provided a comprehensive national assessment of attitudes, and the topics covered include: fear of crime; gun control; capital punishment; and juvenile crime. Using the data...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Flanagan, Timothy J., Longmire, Dennis R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1996.
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Public Opinion on Crime and Justice: History, Development, and Trends / Timothy J. Flanagan
  • 2. America's Fear of Crime / Jon Sorensen / Bahram Haghighi
  • 3. Support and Confidence: Public Attitudes Toward the Police / Michael S. Vaughn / W.S. Wilson Huang
  • 4. Bringing the Offender to Heel: Views of the Criminal Courts / Laura B. Myers
  • 5. Just and Painful: Attitudes Toward Sentencing Criminals / Simone Engelhardt-Greer / Jurg Gerber
  • 6. Reform or Punish: Americans' Views of the Correctional System / Timothy J. Flanagan
  • 7. Americans' Attitudes About the Ultimate Weapon: Capital Punishment / Dennis R. Longmire
  • 8. Guns and Gun Control / Kenneth Adams
  • 9. Modern Plague: Controlling Substance Abuse / W. Wesley Johnson / Myrna Cintron
  • 10. Growing Threat: Gangs and Juvenile Offenders / Ruth Triplett
  • 11. Public Opinion and Public Policy in Criminal Justice / Timothy J. Flanagan
  • 12. Art and Science of Survey Research / James A. Dyer
  • 13. National Opinion Survey on Crime and Justice
  • 1995: Development and Methods / Barbara Sims
  • Appendix: Survey Questionnaire: National Opinion Survey on Crime and Justice
  • 1995.