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Download full textGerber, Jurg; Foster, Matthew F. – 1995
In response to this survey, recent graduates of the Criminal Justice program at Sam Houston State University (Texas) evaluated both the University and the College of Criminal Justice highly. The research team received 277 completed responses from the 762 questionnaires distributed to all 1988, 1990, and 1992 recipients of baccalaureate degrees in…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Criminal Law, Criminology, Educational Research
Peer reviewedMcGarrell, Edmund F.; Sandys, Marla – American Behavioral Scientist, 1996
Contends that often lawmakers misread their constituents' opinions on important issues. Presents data from an Indiana survey that suggest support for the death penalty vanishes when citizens are given the option of life in prison without possibility of parole combined with a requirement of work and restitution. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, Conservatism, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
