Feeding the fear of crime [electronic resource] : crime-related media and support for three strikes / Valerie J. Callanan.

By: Callanan, Valerie J, 1956-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005Description: vii, 227 p. : illSubject(s): Fear of crime -- United States | Crime -- United States -- Public opinion | Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Public opinion | Mass media and crime -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.973 LOC classification: HV6789 | .C35 2005Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- Understanding American punitive attitudes -- Public opinion of criminal sentencing -- Media and public opinion of crime -- Modeling support for three strikes -- Measuring punitiveness and related factors -- Explaining punitiveness -- Summing up.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-221) and index.

Introduction -- Understanding American punitive attitudes -- Public opinion of criminal sentencing -- Media and public opinion of crime -- Modeling support for three strikes -- Measuring punitiveness and related factors -- Explaining punitiveness -- Summing up.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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