Feeding the fear of crime : crime-related media and support for three strikes / Valerie J. Callanan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Callanan, Valerie J., 1956-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fear of crime--United States.

Fear of crime.

Crime--United States--Public opinion.

Crime.

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--Public opinion.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Mass media and crime--United States.

Mass media and crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Callanan tests the link between individuals media habits and punitive attitudes toward criminals, finding that the more crime-related television people watch, the more fearful they become, and the more supportive of three strikes sentencing. Although there are some differences between forms of crime-related media consumption across race/ethnicity, the link with punitiveness still holds. The test provides evidence for Gerbner s cultivation hypothesis of a mean world view. Heavy consumers of crime-related media are more fearful of crime, more likely to believe crime is increasing, more likely to rate crimes seriously, more likely to believe the world is just, less likely to support rehabilitation, and much more likely to support three strikes sentencing."

Contents:

Introduction

Understanding American punitive attitudes

Public opinion of criminal sentencing

Media and public opinion of crime

Modeling support for three strikes

Measuring punitiveness and related factors

Explaining punitiveness

Summing up.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-221) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-36143-3

9786610361434

1-59332-161-9

OCLC:

64271886