Julian Roberts, Loretta Stalans

Public Opinion, Crime, And Criminal Justice

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addressing the question of crime and the way we make sense of it, this work sets out to reveal the discrepancy between the public perception of crime and the reality of crime statistics. The book is based on extensive data from the United States, with comparisons with Canada and the United Kingdom.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9780367317485
• ISBN-10: 0367317486
• Artikelnr.: 57783018

Autorenporträt

Julian Roberts

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and Overview: Crime in the Public Eye
Public Knowledge of Crime: Myths and Realities
Legal Reforms and Criminal Justice Statistics: What Does the Public Really Know?
Crime Seriousness
Beyond Public Responses: The Hidden Effects of Context, Recall, and Stereotypes
Origins of Crime and Crime Prevention
Evaluating the Police and the Courts
Legislative Definitions of Crimes and Law Enforcement Priorities
The Adversarial System and the Institution of the Jury
Sentencing and Parole
The Death Penalty
Privacy and Free Speech
Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice
Gun Control
Drawing Conclusions