Newspaper readership and the perception of crime: Testing an assumed relationship through a triangulation of methods

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-57

  O'Connell, Michael ^a   Invernizzi, Federica ^a   Fuller, Ray ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CRIME; INTERVIEW; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 0031881340     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1998.tb00350.x     Document Type: Article

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