Fear of crime - Punitivity. New Developments in Theory and Research - Softcover

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Contents: Essays about Fear of Crime and Punitivity from an international conference in Tübingen with contributions of most known international criminal scientists. Subjects are: How to measure "Fear of Crime" and how valid are the results; with investigations from Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia etc. Further: Public opinion and Community Penalties; Penal Populism; Methodological Problems in Measuring Punitivity; Examples from Germany, Canada, Japan, Poland etc; Problems associated with harsher sanctioning etc. See also 978-3-8196-0695-3 (Hardcover Edition) with table of contents.