Public Opinion on Crime
Examining the interrelationship between political rhetoric, reactionarygovernments and discriminatory ideologies, this book offers a fuller account of how our views on crime are formed. From media headlines to community groups on social media, fear of crime permeates society. At its worst, societal...
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| description | Examining the interrelationship between political rhetoric, reactionarygovernments and discriminatory ideologies, this book offers a fuller account of how our views on crime are formed. From media headlines to community groups on social media, fear of crime permeates society. At its worst, societal anxiety manifests in public demands for ever harsher approaches to punishment or the weaponising of crime by exploitative political leaders. In either case, societies are often distracted from the real factors behind crime: poverty, hardship, abuse and lack of opportunity. Many researchers and policymakers recognise this harmful spiral but struggle to answer the question: How do we create the conditions for better public debates on crime? This book explores public opinion theories highlighting a degraded civic and media debate on crime. As an antidote, the author presents evidence on how to hold better public conversations, using facts, emotion and message framing capable of shifting punitive attitudes towards a progressive consensus. It offers a unique perspective on the kinds of democratic changes needed, as well as new insight into the arguments people need to hear when discussing crime and justice. With major international elections being preoccupied with the fear of crime, this contemporary analysis comes at a very important time and presents a roadmap to a fairer society and justice system. Public Opinion on Crime will be of value to policymakers, students, third-sector leaders and academics working on criminal justice reform. It will also appeal to practitioners involved in community services who are seeking public consent for work or those leading public consultations on behalf of public authorities at the local and national levels. This book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1697062025-12-02T05:09:44Z Public Opinion on Crime McNeil, Thomas Punitive criminological theory Punishment social policy analysis Public attitudes civic engagement research Democracy media influence on justice Debate qualitative public discourse Message Framing evidence-based reform Public Opinion deliberative democracy in criminal justice Opinion Polling Post-truth thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAR Legal aspects of criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFX Criminal procedure::LNFX1 Sentencing and punishment thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues Examining the interrelationship between political rhetoric, reactionarygovernments and discriminatory ideologies, this book offers a fuller account of how our views on crime are formed. From media headlines to community groups on social media, fear of crime permeates society. At its worst, societal anxiety manifests in public demands for ever harsher approaches to punishment or the weaponising of crime by exploitative political leaders. In either case, societies are often distracted from the real factors behind crime: poverty, hardship, abuse and lack of opportunity. Many researchers and policymakers recognise this harmful spiral but struggle to answer the question: How do we create the conditions for better public debates on crime? This book explores public opinion theories highlighting a degraded civic and media debate on crime. As an antidote, the author presents evidence on how to hold better public conversations, using facts, emotion and message framing capable of shifting punitive attitudes towards a progressive consensus. It offers a unique perspective on the kinds of democratic changes needed, as well as new insight into the arguments people need to hear when discussing crime and justice. With major international elections being preoccupied with the fear of crime, this contemporary analysis comes at a very important time and presents a roadmap to a fairer society and justice system. Public Opinion on Crime will be of value to policymakers, students, third-sector leaders and academics working on criminal justice reform. It will also appeal to practitioners involved in community services who are seeking public consent for work or those leading public consultations on behalf of public authorities at the local and national levels. This book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. 2025-12-02T05:09:43Z 2025-12-02T05:09:43Z 2025-12-01T12:18:35Z 2025 book ONIX_20251201T131047_9781040439975_57 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/108840 9781040439975 9781040440001 9781003643012 9781041079545 9781041079569 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/169706 eng Routledge Studies in Crime and Society open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/108840/1/9781040439975.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003643012 10.4324/9781003643012 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 03d44401-01e1-416b-9e9b-f91fbd721335 9781040439975 9781040440001 9781003643012 9781041079545 9781041079569 Routledge 282 Oxford [...] open access |
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