Public attitudes toward prison capacity expansion in Mississippi

1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig T. Robertson ◽  
Melvin C. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Capacity Expansion ◽  
Prison Capacity

U.S. Public Attitudes Toward the Afghanistan War

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Staci Rhine ◽  
Stephen Bennett ◽  
Richard Flickinger ◽  
Ed Hasecke
Keyword(s):  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Afghanistan War

Trust in the Police: Cross-country Comparisons

2012 ◽  
pp. 24-47
Author(s):  
V. Gimpelson ◽  
G. Monusova
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Police Activity

Using different cross-country data sets and simple econometric techniques we study public attitudes towards the police. More positive attitudes are more likely to emerge in the countries that have better functioning democratic institutions, less prone to corruption but enjoy more transparent and accountable police activity. This has a stronger impact on the public opinion (trust and attitudes) than objective crime rates or density of policemen. Citizens tend to trust more in those (policemen) with whom they share common values and can have some control over. The latter is a function of democracy. In authoritarian countries — “police states” — this tendency may not work directly. When we move from semi-authoritarian countries to openly authoritarian ones the trust in the police measured by surveys can also rise. As a result, the trust appears to be U-shaped along the quality of government axis. This phenomenon can be explained with two simple facts. First, publicly spread information concerning police activity in authoritarian countries is strongly controlled; second, the police itself is better controlled by authoritarian regimes which are afraid of dangerous (for them) erosion of this institution.

A Subtle but Intractable Problem? Public Attitudes to Sectarianism in 2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Ormston ◽  
John Curtice ◽  
Stephen Hinchliffe ◽  
Anna Marcinkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Beliefs ◽  
Intractable Problem ◽  
Robust Evidence

Discussion of sectarianism often focuses on evidence purporting to show discriminatory behaviour directed at Catholics or Protestants in Scotland. But attitudes also matter – in sustaining (or preventing) such discriminatory behaviours, and in understanding the nature of the ‘problem of sectarianism’ from the perspective of the Scottish public. This paper uses data from the Scottish Social Attitudes survey 2014. The survey fills a gap in the evidence base by providing robust evidence on what the public actually thinks about sectarianism in modern Scotland. It assesses public beliefs about the extent and nature of sectarianism and its perceived causes. Tensions in public opinion and differences in the attitudes of different sections of Scottish society are explored.

Public Attitudes toward a Form of White Collar Crime

1957 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald J. Newman
Keyword(s):  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
White Collar

Public Investment Criteria: Benefit-Cost Analysis for Planned Economic Growth by Stephen A. Marglin. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1967. pp.103. 22s. 6d.********** Investments for Capacity Expansion: Size, Location and Time-Phasing edited by Alan S. Manne. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1967. pp.239. 45s.Investments for Capacity Expansion: Size, Location and Time-Phasing edited by Alan S. Manne. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1967. pp.239. 45s.

1967 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-420
Author(s):  
Arthur MacEwan
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Capacity Expansion ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Benefit Cost Analysis ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Benefit Cost

These books are numbers 4 and 5, respectively, in the series "Studies in the Economic Development of India". The two books are interesting complements to one another, both being concerned with the analysis of projects within national plan formulation. However, they treat different sorts of problems and do so on very different levels. Marglin's Public Investment Criteria is a short treatise on the problems of cost-benefit analysis in an Indian type economy, i.e., a mixed economy in which the government accepts a large planning responsibility. The book, which is wholely theoretical, explains the many criteria needed for evaluation of projects. The work is aimed at beginning students and government officials with some training in economics. It is a clear and interesting "introduction to the special branch of economics that concerns itself with systematic analysis of investment alternatives from the point of view of a government".

Public Attitudes Toward Legal Sanctions for Drug and Abortion Offences

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig L. Boydell ◽  
Carl F. Grindstaff
Keyword(s):  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Legal Sanctions

Understanding Public Attitudes towards the Police: Co-variates of Satisfaction, Trust, and Confidence

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Hu ◽  
Mengyan Dai ◽  
Michael J. DeValve ◽  
Andrew Lejeune
Keyword(s):  
Public Attitudes

Who Should Pay for Climate Adaptation? Public Attitudes and the Financing of Flood Protection in Florida

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 535-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Merrill ◽  
Jack Kartez ◽  
Karen Langbehn ◽  
Frank Muller-Karger ◽  
Catherine J. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Flood Protection
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