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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Authors: Green, David A. (Author) ; Brookman, Fiona (Author) ; Bennett, Trevor 1946- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2006, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 131-154
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Keywords:
Öffentliche Meinung
Kriminalität
Kriminalitätskontrolle
Strafenpolitik
Urteilsbildung
Wissen
Bevölkerung