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- Title
- Penal populism and public opinion : lessons from five countries / Julian V. Roberts ... [et al.].
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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| Text | Request in advance | HV8708 .P46 2003 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Roberts, Julian V.
- Description
- xi, 244 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The five countries examined are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
- Series Statement
- Studies in crime and public policy
- Uniform Title
- Studies in crime and public policy
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Cross-cultural studies
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-225) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Penal populism in context -- Public opinion about crime and punishment -- Recent penal policy developments -- Explaining the rise of punitive penal policies -- The influence of the media -- Public judgment in real criminal cases -- Juvenile crime and juvenile justice -- Sex offenders and sexual predators -- The war on drugs -- Responding to penal populism.
- ISBN
- 0195136233
- LCCN
- ^^2002019182
- OCLC
- 48987726
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library