Description
Handbook of Community Sentiment, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Coordinators: Miller Monica K., Blumenthal Jeremy A., Chamberlain Jared
Language: EnglishSubject for Handbook of Community Sentiment:
Keywords
abortion; campus safety; community sentiment; community sentiment research; divorce; domestic violence; drug use; family law; investigative legal action; justice principles; juveniles; law enforcement; legal parents; legal system; media influence; perceptions of justice; student mental health; victims of domestic violence; youth
Publication date: 09-2016
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 11-2014
291 p. · 17.8x25.4 cm · Hardback
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Section I:An Introduction to Community Sentiment.- 1. “There Ought to be a Law!”: Understanding Community Sentiment.- 2.The Influence of Media and Community Sentiment on Policy Decision-Making.- 3.Methods and Measures Used in Gauging Community Sentiment.- Section II: Measuring Community Sentiment.- 4.Using Mock Jury Studies to Measure Community Sentiment toward Child Sex Abusers.- 5.Using Secondary Survey Data to Study Community Sentiment: An Example Examining Sentiment toward Income Based on Family Needs.- 6.Understanding how Individual Differences are Related to Community Sentiment toward Safe Haven Laws Using a Student Sample.- 7.Using Mail Surveys to Assess Perceptions of Law Enforcement Officers and Prosecuting Attorneys Regarding Parental Involvement Laws.- Section III: Changing Community Sentiment.- 8.Understanding Changes in Community Sentiment about Drug Use during Pregnancy using a Repeated Measures Design.- 9.Sentiment toward Same-Sex Divorce.- 10.Changing the Sentiment of those the Law Affects: Federal Marriage Promotion Programs.- 11.How Attitude Functions, Attitude Change, and Beliefs affect Community Sentiment toward the Facebook Law.- Section IV: Community Sentiment and Perceptions of Justice.- 12.Promoting Positive Perceptions of Justice by Listening to Children’s Sentiment in Custody Decisions.- 13.Same-Sex Parents’ Sentiment about Parenthood and the Law: Implications for Therapeutic Outcomes.- 14.Is There a Therapeutic Way to Balance Community Sentiment, Student Mental Health, and Student Safety to Address Campus-Related Violence?.- Section V: Community Sentiment and the (Sometimes Unintended) Outcomes of Legal Actions.- 15.Unintended Consequences of Policy Responses to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Civil Commitment and Community Sentiment in North Dakota.- 16.Adult Consequences for Juvenile Behavior: Does Sentencing Policy Aimed at Serious Adult Behavior Cast too Wide a Net?.- 17.An Examination of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws: Can Community Sentiment Lead to Ineffective Laws?.- 18.Silver Alert Programs: An Exploration of Community Sentiment Regarding a Policy Solution to Address the Critical Wandering Problem in an Aging Population.- Section VI: Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions.- 19.Future Directions in the Study of Community Sentiment toward Legal Actions Affecting Children and Families.
This book updates and expands the classic books on community sentiment published in the 1990s
Focuses primarily on community sentiment about multiple legal issues
Focuses more on the sentiment surrounding policies and doctrines relating to children and families
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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