Public Opinion Versus Public Judgment About Crime. Correcting the 'Comedy of Errors'
This paper builds a case for more defensible assessments of informed public opinion on crime control and penal policy. Mass-mediated portrayals of what the public want and ubiquitous self-selected opinion polls serve as common surrogates for informed public opinion. These highly suspect assessments...
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| Language: | English |
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2006
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The British journal of criminology
Year: 2006, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 131-154 |
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| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. IFK: In: Z 7 |
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