期刊名称：Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
电子版ISSN：1070-8286
出版年度：2000
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：1-24
出版社：State University of New York at Albany
摘要：Departing from the traditional reliance on survey data of crime fear to assess crime salience, this paper describes findings derived from measuring crime salience through content analysis of 1655 letters to the editor, published by five newspapers in four New England communities. The study examined crime and justice concerns expressed in newspaper letters. Findings suggest that crime and justice concerns, deemed significant in survey methodologies using global questions, are not given the same priority in letters to the editor, and that other concerns are more immediate for people on the individual level
