"A liberal is someone who has not neen mugged": Criminal victimization and political beliefs

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 309-334

  Unnever, James D ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^b,c   Fisher, Bonnie S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c American Society of Criminology   (United States)

^d Criminal Justice Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal victimization; Policy; Political beliefs; Punitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248594690     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820701294862     Document Type: Article

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