Abstract
In July 2006 the Sentencing Advisory Council released a research paper entitled Myths and Misconceptions: Public Opinion versus Public Judgment about Sentencing (Gelb, 2006). The paper represented the culmination of a year-long project that was designed to examine and critically evaluate the current state of knowledge about public opinion on sentencing, as well as the methodological issues surrounding how public opinion is measured. The research paper suggested that there is a significant need to understand the nature of informed public opinion – public judgment – about sentencing. This paper is designed to consider some of the methodological issues that arise when measuring informed public opinion about sentencing.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Melbourne, Vic. |
Publisher | Sentencing Advisory Council |
Number of pages | 40 |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |