Media consumption and public attitudes toward crime and justice: The relationship between fear of crime, punitive attitudes, and perceived police effectiveness

Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-126

  Dowler, Kenneth ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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