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Author

Callanan, Valerie J., 1956-

Title Feeding the fear of crime [electronic resource] : crime-related media and support for three strikes / Valerie J. Callanan.

Imprint

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	vii, 227 p. : ill.
Series	Criminal justice
	Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-221) and index.
Contents	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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Fear of crime -- United States.
	Crime -- United States -- Public opinion.
	Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Public opinion.
	Mass media and crime -- United States.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	1593320620 (alk. paper)