Crime in the public mind / Kathlyn Taylor Gaubatz
- Bib ID:
- 607770
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gaubatz, Kathlyn Taylor
- Description:
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- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1995
- 246 p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0472105825 (acid-free paper) (hardback)
- Summary:
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Crime in the Public Mind explores the politics of crime and criminal justice, examining in depth what Americans think about penalties for criminal offenders. While some are resigned, others are desperate; a few are hopeful and forgiving, but most are frustrated and angry. In fact, fully 80 percent of the population believes that the court system should deal more harshly with criminal offenders.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2. Believers and Dissenters
- Ch. 3. Motivations
- Ch. 4. Structures of Belief
- Ch. 5. Explaining Dissent
- Ch. 6. Explaining Consensus
- Appendix A: Demographic Characteristics of Participants, 1987
- Appendix B: Interview Questions
- Appendix C: Methodological Commentary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-244) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1995
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