Abstract
A number of studies dealing with citizens' views of the crime problem, forms of crime, and actions which should be taken against lawbreakers are reviewed. The paper reports on an opinion survey in San Francisco, Calif., and Portland, Oreg., in which perceptions of the crime problem, personal fear of crime, and attitudes toward due process for adults and juveniles and punitive measures were examined. In general, San Francisco residents saw crime as a more serious problem in their own city than those from Portland did. Several differences between these two samples were also observed on other attitude items.
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