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| Genre/Form: | Cross-cultural studies Études transculturelles |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Julian V Roberts; et al |
| ISBN: | 0195136233 9780195136234 |
| OCLC Number: | 48987726 |
| Description: | xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Penal populism in context -- Public opinion about crime and punishment -- Recent penal policy developments -- Explaining the rise of punitive penal policies -- The influence of the media -- Public judgment in real criminal cases -- Juvenile crime and juvenile justice -- Sex offenders and sexual predators -- The war on drugs -- Responding to penal populism. |
| Series Title: | Studies in crime and public policy. |
| Responsibility: | Julian V. Roberts ... [et al.]. |
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"Penal Populism and Public Opinion is an important contribution to the growing debate about how penal policy is made in late modern societies, and as such, deserves to be read well beyond North America."--Ottawa Law Review <br> Read more...
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