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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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 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)

 
    
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