Public opinion is vital to the functioning of the criminal
justice system but it is not at all clear how best to establish
what this is, and what views people have on different aspects of
criminal justice and the criminal justice system. Politicians and
the media often assume that the public wants harsher, tougher and
longer sentences, and policies may be shaped accordingly. Detailed
research and more specific polling often tells a different
story.
This book is concerned to shed further light on the nature of
public views on criminal justice, paying particular attention to
public opinion towards specific types of offenders, such as sex
offenders and mentally disordered offenders. In doing so it
challenges many enduring assumptions regarding people's views on
justice, and confronts the myths that infect our understanding of
what people think about the criminal justice system.
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