Machine generated contents note: 1. Public Opinion on Crime and Justice: History, Development, and Trends / Timothy J. Flanagan -- 2. America's Fear of Crime / Jon Sorensen / Bahram Haghighi -- 3. Support and Confidence: Public Attitudes Toward the Police / Michael S. Vaughn / W.S. Wilson Huang -- 4. Bringing the Offender to Heel: Views of the Criminal Courts / Laura B. Myers -- 5. Just and Painful: Attitudes Toward Sentencing Criminals / Simone Engelhardt-Greer / Jurg Gerber -- 6. Reform or Punish: Americans' Views of the Correctional System / Timothy J. Flanagan -- 7. Americans' Attitudes About the Ultimate Weapon: Capital Punishment / Dennis R. Longmire -- 8. Guns and Gun Control / Kenneth Adams -- 9. Modern Plague: Controlling Substance Abuse / W. Wesley Johnson / Myrna Cintron -- 10. Growing Threat: Gangs and Juvenile Offenders / Ruth Triplett -- 11. Public Opinion and Public Policy in Criminal Justice / Timothy J. Flanagan -- 12. Art and Science of Survey Research / James A. Dyer -- 13. National Opinion Survey on Crime and Justice -- 1995: Development and Methods / Barbara Sims -- Appendix: Survey Questionnaire: National Opinion Survey on Crime and Justice -- 1995
Summary
The results from the United States National Crime and Justice Survey conducted in 1995 are analyzed in this volume. The survey provided a comprehensive national assessment of attitudes, and the topics covered include: fear of crime; gun control; capital punishment; and juvenile crime. Using the data collected, distinguished criminologists report on the development and current status of public opinion on these issues. They also present an analysis of the implications of the data taken during the survey
