Julian V. Roberts is Reader in Criminology at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford. His previous publications include The Virtual Prison: Community custody and the evolution of imprisonment (2005), Penal Populism and Public Opinion (2002) and Making Sense of Sentencing (1999). Mike Hough is Director of the Institute for Criminal Policy Research at King's College London. He has extensive experience of survey work, and was a member of the team which started the British Crime Survey in 1980. His previous publications include Youth Crime and Youth Justice (with Julian V. Roberts, 2004), Changing Attitudes to Punishment (2002) and Policing for London (2002).
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introduction to public opinion and criminal justice
Public Confidence in the Criminal Justice System
Attitudes to the Police
Attitudes to the Sentencing and the Courts
Attitudes to Prison and Parole
Attitudes to Youth Justice
Attitudes to Restorative Justice
Conclusions
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