Public opinion and the governance of punishment in democratic political systems

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 605, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 265-280

  Zimring, Franklin E ^a,b   Johnson, David T ^c  

^a Department of Low ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Discretion; Leniency; Public attitudes; Punishment; Salience; Severity; Trust in government

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646506178     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716205285949     Document Type: Article

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