The social sources of americans' punitiveness: A test of three competing models

Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-129

  Unnever, James D ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime control policy; Public opinion; Racial animus; Theories of punitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950272316     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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