Changing attitudes to punishment : public opinion, crime and justice / / edited by Julian V. Roberts and Mike Hough

• Pubblicazione: Cullompton ; ; Portland, Or., : Willan Pub., 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.6
• Soggetto topico: Criminal justice, Administration of - Public opinion; Punishment - Public opinion
• Altri autori: HoughJ. M RobertsJulian V
• Note generali: Based on a symposium held in London, December 7, 2001.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Changing Attitudes to Punishment: Public opinion, crime and justice; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; About the authors; Foreword by Rob Allen; Chapter 1 Public attitudes to punishment: the context; Chapter 2 Measuring attitudes to sentencing; Chapter 3 Public opinion and the nature of community penalties: international findings; Chapter 4 Cross-national attitudes to punishment; Chapter 5 The evolution of public attitudes to punishment in Western and Eastern Europe; Chapter 6 Public and judicial attitudes to punishment in Switzerland ; Chapter 7 Public support for correctional rehabilitation in America: change or consistency?Chapter 8 Attitudes to punishment in the US - punitive and liberal opinions; Chapter 9 How malleable are attitudes to crime and punishment? Findings from a British deliberative poll; Chapter 10 Improving public knowledge about crime and punishment; Chapter 11 Strategies for changing public attitudes to punishment; Chapter 12 Privileging public attitudes to sentencing?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Throughout the western world public opinion has played an important role in shaping criminal justice policy. At the same time opinion polls repeatedly demonstrate that the public knows little about crime and justice, and holds negative views of the criminal justice system. This book, consisting of chapters from leading authorities in the field, is concerned to address this problem, and draws upon research in a number of different countries to address the issues arising from this state of affairs. Its main aims are:to explore the changing and evolving nature of public attitudes t
• Altri titoli varianti: Public opinion, crime and justice
• Titolo autorizzato: Changing attitudes to punishment
• ISBN: 1-135-98838-2; 1-283-96304-3; 1-282-07714-7; 1-135-98831-5; 9786612077142; 1-84392-427-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810355103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II