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Feeding the fear of crime : crime-related media and support for three strikes

Title
Feeding the fear of crime : crime-related media and support for three strikes / Valerie J. Callanan.
Author
Callanan, Valerie J., 1956-
Publication
New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005.

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Description
vii, 227 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Criminal justice
Uniform Title
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subject
  • Fear of crime > United States
  • Crime > United States > Public opinion
  • Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > Public opinion
  • Mass media and crime > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-221) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFD 05-983
ISBN
1593320620 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2004019391
OCLC
56334125
Author
Callanan, Valerie J., 1956-
Title
Feeding the fear of crime : crime-related media and support for three strikes / Valerie J. Callanan.
Imprint
New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005.
Series
Criminal justice
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-221) and index.
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JFD 05-983
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