Law-and-order politics, public-opinion polls and the media

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-151

  Casey, Sharon ^a   Mohr, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; MASS MEDIUM; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 22444443212     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.2005.12.1.141     Document Type: Review

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