Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal JusticeMcGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2005 M11 16 - 180 páginas
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. |
Contenido
Chapter 01 Introduction to public opinion and criminal justice | 1 |
Chapter 02 Public confidence in the criminal justice system | 29 |
Chapter 03 Attitudes to the police | 52 |
Chapter 04 Attitudes to sentencing and the courts | 68 |
Chapter 05 Attitudes to prison and parole | 88 |
Chapter 06 Attitudes to youth justice | 110 |
Chapter 07 Attitudes to restorative justice | 128 |
Chapter 08 Conclusion | 149 |
References | 162 |
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Back cover | 186 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Understanding Public Attitudes To Criminal Justice Hough, Mike,Roberts, Julian Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice Julian V. Roberts,Mike Hough Vista de fragmentos - 2005 |
Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice Julian V. Roberts,J. M. Hough Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |
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Página xii - The aim from the outset has been to give undergraduates and graduates both a solid grounding in the relevant area and a taste to explore it further. Although aimed primarily at students new to the field, and written as far as possible in plain language, the books are not oversimplified. On the contrary, the authors set out to 'stretch' readers and to encourage them to approach criminological knowledge and theory in a critical and questioning frame of mind.
Página xiii - Other books previously published in the Crime and Justice series - all of whose titles begin with the word 'Understanding' - have covered criminological theory (Sandra Walklate), penal theory (Barbara Hudson), crime data and statistics (Clive Coleman and Jenny Moynihan), youth and crime (Sheila Brown), crime prevention (Gordon Hughes), violent crime (Stephen Jones), community penalties (Peter Raynor and Maurice Vanstone), white collar crime (Hazel Croall), risk and crime (Hazel Kemshall) and social...
Página v - The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest have borne most; we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.