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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005.Description: vii, 227 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6789 .C35 2005eb
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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