Americans view crime and justice : a national public opinion survey /: a national public opinion survey. (1996)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Timothy J. Flanagan, Dennis R. Longmire, editors.
• Other Names: Flanagan, Timothy J; Longmire, Dennis R
• Contents: Public opinion on crime and justice : history, development, and trends / Timothy J. Flanagan -- America's fear of crime / Bahram Haghighi, Jon Sorensen -- Support and confidence : public attitudes toward the police / W.S. Wilson Huang, Michael S. Vaughn -- Bringing the offender to heel : views of the criminal courts / Laura B. Myers -- Just and painful : attitudes toward sentencing criminals / Jurg Gerber, Simone Engelhardt-Greer -- Reform or punish : Americans' views of the correctional system / Timothy J. Flanagan -- Americans' attitudes about the ultimate weapon : capital punishment / Dennis R. Longmire -- Guns and gun control / Kenneth Adams -- The modern plague : controlling substance abuse / Myrna Cintrón, W. Wesley Johnson -- The growing threat : gangs and juvenile offenders / Ruth Triplett -- Public opinion and public policy in criminal justice / Timothy J. Flanagan -- The art and science of survey research / James A. Dyer -- The National Opinion Survey on Crime and Justice, 1995 : development and methods / Barbara Sims.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: 364.973; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Public opinion; Crime -- United States -- Public opinion; Public opinion -- United States; Justice pénale -- Administration -- États-Unis -- Opinion publique; Criminalité -- États-Unis -- Opinion publique; Opinion publique -- États-Unis; Crime -- Public opinion; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Public opinion; Public opinion; Criminaliteit; Publieke opinie; Strafrechtspleging; Kriminalität; Öffentliche Meinung; Strafrechtspflege; United States -- Public opinion; United States; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452246499; 1452246491
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