Public Opinion and Crime Prevention: A Review of International Trends

The Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Roberts, Julian V ^a   Hastings, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crime prevention; Criminal justice system; Main causes of crime; News media context; Prevention; Public awareness; Public opinion; Public support; Punishment; Responses to crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924116250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195398823.013.0024     Document Type: Chapter

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