Handbook of community sentiment. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Monica K. Miller, Jeremy A. Blumenthal, Jared Chamberlain, editors.
• Editors: Miller, Monica K; Blumenthal, Jeremy A; Chamberlain, Jared
• Contents: Section I:An Introduction to Community Sentiment -- 1. "There Ought to be a Law!": Understanding Community Sentiment -- 2. The Influence of Media and Community Sentiment on Policy Decision-Making -- 3. Methods and Measures Used in Gauging Community Sentiment -- Section II: Measuring Community Sentiment -- 4. Using Mock Jury Studies to Measure Community Sentiment toward Child Sex Abusers -- 5. Using Secondary Survey Data to Study Community Sentiment: An Example Examining Sentiment toward Income Based on Family Needs -- 6. Understanding how Individual Differences are Related to Community Sentiment toward Safe Haven Laws Using a Student Sample -- 7. Using Mail Surveys to Assess Perceptions of Law Enforcement Officers and Prosecuting Attorneys Regarding Parental Involvement Laws -- Section III: Changing Community Sentiment -- 8. Understanding Changes in Community Sentiment about Drug Use during Pregnancy using a Repeated Measures Design -- 9. Sentiment toward Same-Sex Divorce -- 10. Changing the Sentiment of those the Law Affects: Federal Marriage Promotion Programs -- 11. How Attitude Functions, Attitude Change, and Beliefs affect Community Sentiment toward the Facebook Law -- Section IV: Community Sentiment and Perceptions of Justice -- 12. Promoting Positive Perceptions of Justice by Listening to Children's Sentiment in Custody Decisions -- 13. Same-Sex Parents' Sentiment about Parenthood and the Law: Implications for Therapeutic Outcomes -- 14. Is There a Therapeutic Way to Balance Community Sentiment, Student Mental Health, and Student Safety to Address Campus-Related Violence? -- Section V: Community Sentiment and the (Sometimes Unintended) Outcomes of Legal Actions -- 15. Unintended Consequences of Policy Responses to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Civil Commitment and Community Sentiment in North Dakota -- 16. Adult Consequences for Juvenile Behavior: Does Sentencing Policy Aimed at Serious Adult Behavior Cast too Wide a Net? -- 17. An Examination of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws: Can Community Sentiment Lead to Ineffective Laws? -- 18. Silver Alert Programs: An Exploration of Community Sentiment Regarding a Policy Solution to Address the Critical Wandering Problem in an Aging Population -- Section VI: Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions -- 19. Future Directions in the Study of Community Sentiment toward Legal Actions Affecting Children and Families.
• Publisher Details: New York [New York] : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 303.38; Psychology; Public opinion -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Public opinion; Psychology -- Social Psychology; Psychology -- Research & Methodology; Social, group or collective psychology; Psychological methodology; Law_xPsychological aspects; Applied psychology; Psychological tests and testing; Psychology -- Applied Psychology; Criminal or forensic psychology; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493918997; 1493918990; 1493918982; 9781493918980
• Related ISBNs: 9781493918980
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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