The public perception of crime prevalence, newspaper readership and ‘mean world’ attitudes

Surveying an Irish sample, the authors asked respondents (N=623) to give their views on the seriousness of and appropriate penalties for 10 offence scenarios. They also assessed the respondents' risk perception of crime by asking for estimates of the prevalence of the same 10 offence scenarios...

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Main Author: O'Connell, Michael (Author)
Contributors: Whelan, Anthony
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1996
In: Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 1996, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-195
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