Author: N. Darlene WalkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780891430209
Category : Police
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Public Attitudes Toward the Police
Author: N. Darlene WalkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780891430209
Category : Police
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Americans View Crime and Justice
Author: Timothy J. FlanaganPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1452246491
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This book should be made a part of any college level library that features holdings in social sciences. . . . Americans View Crime and Justice presents a national public opinion survey and its results on the issues. These edited results of a survey conducted in 1995 examine such issues as gun control, capital punishment, and juvenile crime, offering public opinion along with the analyses of a panel of criminologists. --The Midwest Book Review Readable and carefully edited, Americans View Crime and Justice reports and analyzes results from the recent National Crime and Justice Survey (NCJS), the richest and most wide-ranging investigation of public opinion on crime and justice issues in more than a decade. Conducted in June 1995, the survey features responses from 1,000 adults in the United States on now-volatile issues such as fear of crime, gun control, capital punishment, juvenile crime, and additional related topics of national concern. A distinguished panel of criminologists analyzes the collected data in this volume to present a comprehensive report on the development and current status of public opinion on these timely issues. Divided into three sections—context and framework; findings; and opinion, policy, and science—this authoritative volume also analyzes the implications of the survey data. Providing interesting insights and timely quantification of Americans′ view of crime and justice, this volume offers a unique view of public opinion particularly important to the work of researchers, law enforcement personnel, policy makers, public officials, and students of criminology and criminal justice, law, and political science.
Policing in America
Author: Emily EkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Police
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Stark racial and partisan divides in favorability toward police, but no group is “anti-cop” While 68% of white Americans have a favorable view of the police, only 40% of African Americans and 59% of Hispanics have a favorable view. Attitudes have changed little since the 1970s when 67% of whites and 43% of blacks reported favorable views of the police. 2 Racial minorities do not have monolithic attitudes toward the police. This report finds that Hispanics’ perceptions of police occupy a “middle ground” between black and white Americans’ views. Republicans (81%) are far more favorable toward the police than independents (59%) and Democrats (59%). Nevertheless, majorities of all three groups share a favorable view.
Public Attitudes Toward the Police
Author: Nancy Carroll McCurleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Attitude (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Perceptions of Public Attitudes Toward Police and Police Departments
Author: Harold Dean Van AlstynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Determinants of Public Attitudes Toward the Police Across Racial/ethnical Groups in Houston
Author: Yung-Lien Edward LaiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Police-community relations
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Public Attitudes Toward the Police
Author: Blaine Michael BridenballPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Police
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Perceptions of Public Attitudes Toward Police and Police Departments
Author: Harold D. Van AlstynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime and criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Perceptions and Reality
Author: Fei LuoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law enforcement
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice
Author: Mike HoughPublisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335225802
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Which factors shape public opinion of criminal justice? How do the views of the public influence criminal justice policy and practice? This book provides an introduction to public attitudes towards criminal justice. It explores the public’s lack of confidence in criminal justice processes, and summarizes findings on public attitudes towards the three principal components of the criminal process: the police, the courts, and the prison system. It examines the importance that people attach to different criminal justice functions, such as preventing crime, prosecuting and punishing offenders, and protecting the public. Topics include: Youth justice and public opinion Public perception of restorative justice Penal populism and media treatment of crime The reliability of public opinion polls The drivers of public opinion Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice provides an international perspective on the issues surrounding criminal justice and public opinion, drawing on research from the UK, the United States and Canada and a range of other countries including South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. 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.