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1st Edition

Changing Attitudes to Punishment

Edited By Julian Roberts, Mike Hough Copyright 2003
256 Pages
by Willan

256 Pages
by Willan

256 Pages
by Willan
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Throughout the western world public opinion has played an important role in shaping criminal justice policy. At the same time opinion polls repeatedly demonstrate that the public knows little about crime and justice, and holds negative views of the criminal justice system. This book, consisting of chapters from leading authorities in the field, is concerned to address this problem, and draws upon... Read more
1. Public Attitudes to Punishment: The Context by Julian V. Roberts and Mike Hough  2. Measuring Attitudes to Sentencing by Loretta J. Stalans  3. Public Opinion and the Nature of Community Penalties by Julian V. Roberts  4. Cross-National Attitudes Towards Punishment by Pat Mayhew and John Kesteren  5. The Evolution of Public Attitudes to Punishment in Western and Eastern Europe by Helmut Kury, Obergfell-Fuchs and Ursula Smartt  6. Public and Judicial Attitudes to Punishment in Switzerland by André Kuhn  7. Public Support for Correctional Rehabilitation: Change or Consistency? by Francis T. Cullen, Jennifer A. Pealer, Bonnie S. Fisher, Brandon K. Applegate and Shannon A. Santana  8. Attitudes to Punishment in the US - Punitive and Liberal Opinions by John Doble  9. How Malleable are Attitudes to Crime and Punishment? Findings from a British Deliberative Poll by Mike Hough and Alison Park  10. Improving Public Knowledge about Crime and Criminal Justice by Catriona Mirrlees-Black  11. Strategies for Changing Public Attitudes to Punishment by David Indermaur and Mike Hough  12. Privileging Public Attitudes Towards Sentencing by Rod Morgan

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Edited by Roberts, Julian; Hough, Mike

'The book makes a much needed and timely contribution to building a body of knowledge that deconstructs current misconceptions about public attitudes to punishment.' − SCOLAG Journal

'This book provides comprehensive coverage of some of the important issues linked to changing attitudes to punishment, and provides some fascinating and accessible insights .. as a consequence it is a significant contribution to furthering understanding'; 'At the end of the day I can think of very little else that that I would have wished had been included in this excellent text, and little that ought to be excised.' − Commonwealth Judicial Journal

'The volume will undoubtedly serve as a stimulus for more research on public opinion and attitudes about crime, thereby contributing to improvements in penal policy.' − British Journal of Criminology

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