PUBLIC ATTITUDES TO CRIME AND THE PENAL SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 27682
• Journal: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, DELINQUENCY, AND DEVIANT SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR Volume: 15 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1975) Pages: 228-240
• Author(s): C BANKS; E MALONEY; H D WILLCOCK
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: Stevens and Sons
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

NARRATIVE RESULTS OF A 1966 SURVEY OF 2,846 ADULTS, AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 69, RESIDING IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Abstract

OPINIONS OF RESPONDENTS ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: CRIME CAUSES; CRIME INCREASES AND METHODS OF REDUCTION; SERIOUSNESS AND FREQUENCY OF OFFENSES; COURTS; SENTENCING; HABITUAL OFFENDERS AND METHODS OF CONTROL; PRISONS AND INMATES; INTERPERSONAL ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATION OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; AND VICTIMIZATION.