Public Opinion Regarding Crime, Criminal Justice, and Related Topics: A Retrospect

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 424-444

  Toch, Hans ^a   Maguire, Kathleen ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; criminal justice; fear of crime; policy; public opinion; race ethnicity; trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911940763     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427813520444     Document Type: Article

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