Penal Populism and Public Opinion: Lessons from Five Countries

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Oxford University Press, 2002 M12 5 - 264 páginas
Although criminal justice systems vary greatly around the world, one theme has emerged in all western jurisdictions in recent years: a rise in both the rhetoric and practice of severe punishment at a time when public opinion has played a pivotal role in sentencing policy and reforms. Despite the differences among jurisdictions, startling commonalities exist among the five countries-the U.K., USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand--surveyed here. Drawing on the results of representative opinion surveys and other research tools the authors map public attitudes towards crime and punishment across countries and explore the congruence between public views and actual policies. Co-authored by four distinguished sentencing policy experts, Penal Populism and Public Opinion is a clarion call for limiting the influence of penal populism and instituting more informed, research- based sentencing policies across the western world.

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1 Penal Populism in Context
3
2 Public Opinion about Crime and Punishment
21
3 Recent Penal Policy Developments
35
4 Explaining the Rise of Punitive Penal Policies
61
5 The Influence of the Media
76
6 Public Judgment in Real Criminal Cases
93
7 Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice
107
8 Sex Offenders and Sexual Predators
129
9 The War on Drugs
143
10 Responding to Penal Populism
160
Notes
187
References
203
Index
226
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Julian V. Roberts is Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. Loretta Stalans is Professor of Psychology at Loyola University, Chicago. David Indermaur is a Professor at the Law School of the University of Western Australia. Mike Hough is a Professor in the Department of Social Policy at South Bank University, London.

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