Handbook of Community Sentiment - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493955071 ISBN 13: 9781493955077

Publisher: Springer, 2016

Synopsis

A similarly influential book called “Justice, Liability, and Blame” was published at the same time, examining lay sentiment about a variety of criminal issues and suggesting ways in which the substantive criminal law could be reformed in light of such lay responses (Robinson & Darley, 1995).

About this title

About the Author

Monica Miller, J.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Social Psychology and also the department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is also affiliated with the Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies and the Women’s Studies program at UNR. Monica has written two books (most recently “God in the Courtroom” which was published by Oxford University Press in 2009), has edited two books (most recently “Stress and Wellbeing in the Courtroom,” expected in 2012 from Oxford University Press), and has published dozens of articles, many on topics related to this book. Together with Jared Chamberlain, she is currently editing a book for Oxford University Press called “Developmental psychology, law, and the wellbeing of children.” The volume focuses on the developmental issues related to legal actions affecting children. Monica is co-editor of the Psychology and Crime book series published by New York University Press and is on the editorial board of the journal Psychology, Crime, and Law. Jeremy A. Blumenthal, J.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law. He is Affiliate Faculty in the Psychology Department at Syracuse University and a Research Associate at the Maxwell School of Public Policy. Blumenthal is an editor of the treatise Modern Scientific Evidence, and has published widely in legal and psychological journals on a variety of topics, a number of which examine public perceptions and community sentiment. Jared Chamberlain, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Graduate Program at the Arizona School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Phoenix. Jared has published several articles in the area of psychology and the law and has extensive experience editing graduate level work (e.g., dissertations and manuscripts). Together with Monica Miller, Jared is currently editing a book for Oxford University press called “Developmentalpsychology, law, and the wellbeing of children.” The volume focuses on the developmental issues related to legal actions affecting children.

From the Back Cover

This in-depth investigation of community sentiment examines why and how community sentiment is studied, how it may change or be changed, and its reciprocal relationship with laws and policy. Laws affecting children and the family, for instance actual and proposed laws regarding marriage and divorce, campus safety, sex offender registration are used to discuss the study of community sentiment. Yet, the book is broad enough to inform readers about sentiment toward issues beyond the law. The book also considers the relationships between community sentiment and individual attitudes, media, perceptions about justice, and negative legal, personal, and societal outcomes. This range of carefully chosen chapters condenses a broad knowledge base into a manageable and highly useful "go to" book about the study of community sentiment toward any topic.

Among the topics covered:

• The reciprocal relationship between media, community sentiment and policy.
• Various measures and methodology used in gauging community sentiment toward law and other topics.
• Factors that influence or change sentiment.
• Relationships between attitude theory and community sentiment.
• Links between community sentiment and perceptions of justice.
• Unintended consequences of policy responses.
• Can community sentiment lead to ineffective laws?

The Handbook of Community Sentiment is an expansive resource of interest to a variety of practitioners and researchers--psychologists, sociologists, criminal justice professionals and criminologists, and political scientists--as well as students in these and related fields.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493955071
• ISBN 13: 9781493955077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308
• Editor: Miller Monica K., Blumenthal Jeremy A., Chamberlain Jared