The effects of information processing and message quality on attitudes toward the AMBER Alert System

Despite its popularity, the AMBER Alert system might be an ineffective means of addressing the problem of stranger-child abduction and have unintended negative consequences. To better understand the mechanisms underlying unquestioned public support for AMBER Alert, the current study examined the eff...

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Authors: Sicafuse, Lorie L. (Author) ; Miller, Monica K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Applied psychology in criminal justice
Year: 2012, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 69-86
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Keywords:
AMBER Alert
Attitudes
crime control theater
Information Processing
message quality