Punitive attitudes toward criminals: Exploring the relevance of crime salience and economic insecurity

Punishment and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-49

  Costelloe, Michael T ^a   Chiricos, Ted ^b   Gertz, Marc ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime salience; Economic insecurity; Punitive attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849084194     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474508098131     Document Type: Article

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