During much of the second half of the twentieth century, public opinion in both the United States and Britain became more punitive as crime rates rose. These shifting public attitudes had a profound influence on criminal justice policies. What is less understood is how public attitudes in these countries have responded to declining crime rates since the early-1990s. To understand how the public reacts to declining crime rates, we focus on crimes recorded by the police as well as data on actual victimisation. We also draw on more than 4,000 national survey questions to construct measures of public concern about crime and support for punitive criminal justice responses. Our analyses illustrate parallels in the crime drop measured by victimisa...
The current crime decrease is defying traditional criminological theories such as those espoused by ...
The explanations of the remarkable decrease in crime that has been reported over the last two decade...
The U.S. is famous for being the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world – but what...
During much of the second half of the twentieth century, public opinion in both the United States an...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This paper makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics - between crime rates, publ...
Crime rates have moved in parallel in Western societies since the late Middle Ages. Homicide rates d...
This chapter summarises research on public opinion about crime and criminal Justice in developed ind...
A recent publication (Ignatans and Pease, 2015) sought to examine the changed distribution of crime ...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project for which this da...
A recent publication (Ignatans and Pease, 2015) sought to examine the changed distribution of crime ...
The current crime decrease is defying traditional criminological theories such as those espoused by ...
The explanations of the remarkable decrease in crime that has been reported over the last two decade...
The U.S. is famous for being the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world – but what...
During much of the second half of the twentieth century, public opinion in both the United States an...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This article makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics—between crime rates, publ...
This paper makes the case that feedback processes in democratic politics - between crime rates, publ...
Crime rates have moved in parallel in Western societies since the late Middle Ages. Homicide rates d...
This chapter summarises research on public opinion about crime and criminal Justice in developed ind...
A recent publication (Ignatans and Pease, 2015) sought to examine the changed distribution of crime ...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project for which this da...
A recent publication (Ignatans and Pease, 2015) sought to examine the changed distribution of crime ...
The current crime decrease is defying traditional criminological theories such as those espoused by ...
The explanations of the remarkable decrease in crime that has been reported over the last two decade...
The U.S. is famous for being the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world – but what...