Understanding Public Attitudes To Criminal Justice

Author : Hough, Mike,Roberts, Julian
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335215362

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Which factors shape public opinion of criminal justice? How do the views of the public influence criminal justice policy and practice? This book provides an introduction to public attitudes towards criminal justice. It explores the public’s lack of confidence in criminal justice processes, and summarizes findings on public attitudes towards the three principal components of the criminal process: the police, the courts, and the prison system. It examines the importance that people attach to different criminal justice functions, such as preventing crime, prosecuting and punishing offenders, and protecting the public. Topics include: Youth justice and public opinion Public perception of restorative justice Penal populism and media treatment of crime The reliability of public opinion polls The drivers of public opinion Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justiceprovides an international perspective on the issues surrounding criminal justice and public opinion, drawing on research from the UK, the United States and Canada and a range of other countries including South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Key reading for students in criminology, criminal justice, and media studies, this book is also of value to researchers and those with an interest in crime and the media.

Author : Mike Hough,Julian Roberts
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780335225804

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Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice by Mike Hough,Julian Roberts Pdf

Which factors shape public opinion of criminal justice? How do the views of the public influence criminal justice policy and practice? This book provides an introduction to public attitudes towards criminal justice. It explores the public’s lack of confidence in criminal justice processes, and summarizes findings on public attitudes towards the three principal components of the criminal process: the police, the courts, and the prison system. It examines the importance that people attach to different criminal justice functions, such as preventing crime, prosecuting and punishing offenders, and protecting the public. Topics include: Youth justice and public opinion Public perception of restorative justice Penal populism and media treatment of crime The reliability of public opinion polls The drivers of public opinion Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice provides an international perspective on the issues surrounding criminal justice and public opinion, drawing on research from the UK, the United States and Canada and a range of other countries including South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Key reading for students in criminology, criminal justice, and media studies, this book is also of value to researchers and those with an interest in crime and the media.

Author : Becca Chapman,Catriona Mirrlees-Black,Claire Brawn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Crime
ISBN : 184082851X

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Improving Public Attitudes to the Criminal Justice System by Becca Chapman,Catriona Mirrlees-Black,Claire Brawn Pdf

Author : Julian Roberts,Mike Hough
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135988388

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Changing Attitudes to Punishment by Julian Roberts,Mike Hough Pdf

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 to sentencing to examine the factors that influence public opinion and to bring together recent international research which has demonstrated ways in which public attitudes can be changed to propose specific strategies to respond to the crisis in public confidence in criminal justice.

Author : Nigel Walker,J. M. Hough
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044012594

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Public Attitudes to Sentencing by Nigel Walker,J. M. Hough Pdf

This collection of surveys examines and compares public reactions to sentencing policies in England, the USA, Canada, the Netherlands and Australia.How punitive is the public in these countries? How much leniency or severity will the public tolerate? How much do policy-makers know about the public's view? Are victims more punitive than non-victims? Are the elderly more punitive than the young? Do severe or lenient sentences influence people's disapproval of crimes? What is the influence of the media's selective reporting?The contributors set out to find answers to these and other questions in this wide-ranging collection of studies. The editors' introduction examines how surveys in this field have developed, and it comments on innovations in methodology illustrated by the contributors.

Author : Jane Wood,Theresa A. Gannon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134021703

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Public Opinion and Criminal Justice by Jane Wood,Theresa A. Gannon Pdf

Public opinion is vital to the functioning of the criminal justice system but it is not at all clear how best to establish what this is, and what views people have on different aspects of criminal justice and the criminal justice system. Politicians and the media often assume that the public wants harsher, tougher and longer sentences, and policies may be shaped accordingly. Detailed research and more specific polling often tells a different story. This book is concerned to shed further light on the nature of public views on criminal justice, paying particular attention to public opinion towards specific types of offenders, such as sex offenders and mentally disordered offenders. In doing so it challenges many enduring assumptions regarding people's views on justice, and confronts the myths that infect our understanding of what people think about the criminal justice system.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 072427152X

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Public Attitudes Towards the CJC by Anonim Pdf

Author : MRL Research Group
Publisher : Criminal Justice Development Department of Justice
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 0477076890

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Public Attitudes Towards Restorative Justice by MRL Research Group Pdf

Author : Elizabeth R. Turner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319678979

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Public Confidence in Criminal Justice by Elizabeth R. Turner Pdf

In this book, Liz Turner argues that survey methods have gained an unwarranted and unhealthy level of dominance when it comes to understanding how the public views the criminal justice system. The focus on measuring public confidence in criminal justice by researchers, politicians and criminal justice agencies has tended to prioritise the production of quantitative representations of general opinions, at the expense of more specific, qualitative or deliberative approaches. This has occurred not due to any inherent methodological superiority of survey-based approaches, but due to the congruence of the survey-based, general measure of opinion with the prevailing neoliberal political tendency to engage with citizens as consumers. By identifying the historical conditions on which contemporary knowledge claims rest, and tracing the political power struggles out of which sprang the idea of public confidence in criminal justice as a real and measurable object, Turner shows that things could be otherwise. She also draws attention to the ways in which survey researchers have asserted their dominance over other approaches, suppressing convincing claims by advocates of deliberative methods that a better politics of crime and justice is possible. Ultimately, Turner concludes, researchers need to be more upfront about their political objectives, and more alert to the political responsibilities that go along with the making of knowledge claims. Providing a provocative critique of the dominant approaches to measuring public confidence, this timely study will be of special interest to scholars of the criminal justice system, research methods, and British politics.

Author : Mark Lynch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Police
ISBN : 0724271562

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Public Attitudes Towards the QPS by Mark Lynch Pdf

Author : United States. National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044032431850

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Public Attitudes about Crime by United States. National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service Pdf

Author : Julian V. Roberts
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191025877

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Criminal Justice: A Very Short Introduction by Julian V. Roberts Pdf

The criminal justice system is wide ranging; from the crimes themselves and policing to the sentencing of offenders and prisons. In this Very Short Introduction Julian V. Roberts draws upon the latest research and current practices from a number of different countries around the world. Focusing on the adversarial model of justice found in common law countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, he discusses topics such as the uses of imprisonment, the effects of capital punishment, and the purposes of sentencing. Considering the role of the victim throughout the criminal justice system, as well as public knowledge and attitudes towards criminal justice, Roberts critically assesses the way in which the system functions and its importance around the world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 184987929X

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Public Attitudes to Youth Crime [electronic Resource] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julian Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429966521

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Public Opinion, Crime, And Criminal Justice by Julian Roberts Pdf

Taking on one of the most popular issues of the day—crime and the way we make sense of it—Julian Roberts and Loretta Stalans reveal the mismatch between the public perception of crime and the reality of crime statistics. Discussing such issues as public knowledge of crime, sources of crime information, information processing by the public, public attitudes about crime, and the effectiveness of punishment, this book considers the role that public opinion plays in the politics of criminal justice issues. Based on extensive data from the United States, with comparisons with Canada and the United Kingdom, Roberts and Stalans reveal the truth behind how the public perceives crime and how this perception compares to actual criminal activity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Crime
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044336803

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Perspectives on the Legal Justice System, Public Attitudes and Criminal Victimization by Anonim Pdf