03101nam 22006614a 450 991096005900332120251116165227.01-280-36143-397866103614341-59332-161-9(CKB)1000000000244800(OCoLC)64271886(CaPaEBR)ebrary10115170(SSID)ssj0000153999(PQKBManifestationID)11164500(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153999(PQKBWorkID)10406365(PQKB)11515978(MiAaPQ)EBC3016758(Au-PeEL)EBL3016758(CaPaEBR)ebr10115170(CaONFJC)MIL36143(OCoLC)697596087(BIP)46022756(EXLCZ)99100000000024480020040817d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFeeding the fear of crime crime-related media and support for three strikes /Valerie J. CallananNew York LFB Scholarly Pub.20051 online resource (235 p.) Criminal justiceBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-59332-062-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-221) and index.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.Callanan tests the link between individuals media habits and punitive attitudes toward criminals, finding that the more crime-related television people watch, the more fearful they become, and the more supportive of three strikes sentencing. Although there are some differences between forms of crime-related media consumption across race/ethnicity, the link with punitiveness still holds. The test provides evidence for Gerbner s cultivation hypothesis of a mean world view. Heavy consumers of crime-related media are more fearful of crime, more likely to believe crime is increasing, more likely to rate crimes seriously, more likely to believe the world is just, less likely to support rehabilitation, and much more likely to support three strikes sentencing."Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Fear of crimeUnited StatesCrimeUnited StatesPublic opinionCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesPublic opinionMass media and crimeUnited StatesFear of crimeCrimePublic opinion.Criminal justice, Administration ofPublic opinion.Mass media and crime364.973Callanan Valerie J.1956-1860919MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960059003321Feeding the fear of crime4466880UNINA