| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The psychology of attitudes and persuasion / Gerd Bohner and Michaela Wänke -- Why public opinion of the criminal justice system is important / Jane Wood -- What shapes public opinion of the criminal justice system? / Jacqueline M. Gray -- The myth of public support for capital punishment / Francis T. Cullen [and others] -- Achieving accurate assessment of attitudes toward the criminal justice system : methodological issues / G. Tendayi Viki and Gerd Bohner -- The typical rape : factors affecting victims' decision to report / Margaret Wilson and Angela Scholes -- Attitudes towards victims of crime : a double-edged sword? / Elizabeth Gilchrist -- Public attitudes towards offending, offenders and reintegration / Natalie Reynolds, Leam A. Craig and Douglas P. Boer -- Attitudes towards sexual offenders and their rehabilitation : a special case? / Sarah Brown -- Stigma and offenders with mental illness / Patrick W. Corrigan and Jessica L. Walton |
| Summary |
"Public opinion is vital to the functioning of the criminal justice system ... This book challenges many enduring assumptions regarding people's views on justice, and confronts the myths that infect our understanding of what people think about the criminal justice system. It will be essential reading for policy-makers, students, researchers and others with an interest in this increasingly important subject."--Page iv of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain -- Public opinion
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Criminal law -- Great Britain -- Public opinion
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Public opinion -- Great Britain
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Public opinion
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Criminal law -- Public opinion
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Public opinion
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wood, Jane L.
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Gannon, Theresa A.
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| ISBN |
9781134021635 |
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1134021631 |
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9781843926610 |
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184392661X |
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9781134021703 |
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1134021704 |
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9781134021772 |
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1134021771 |
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