Feeding the fear of crime : crime-related media and support for three strikes / / Valerie J. Callanan

• Autore: Callanan Valerie J. <1956->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.973
• Soggetto topico: Fear of crime - United States; Crime - United States - Public opinion; Criminal justice, Administration of - United States - Public opinion; Mass media and crime - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-221) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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."
• Titolo autorizzato: Feeding the fear of crime
• ISBN: 1-280-36143-3; 9786610361434; 1-59332-161-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960059003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)