Handbook of Community Sentiment

Chapter 1 “There Ought to Be a Law!”: Understanding Community Sentiment

Chapter 2 The Influence of Media and Community Sentiment on Policy Decision-Making

Chapter 3 Methods and Measures Used in Gauging Community Sentiment

Chapter 4 Using Mock Jury Studies to Measure Community Sentiment Toward Child Sexual Abusers

Chapter 5 Using Secondary Survey Data to Study Community Sentiment: An Example Examining Sentiment Toward Income Based on Family Needs and Income

Chapter 6 Understanding How Individual Differences Are Related to Community Sentiment Toward Safe Haven Laws Using a Student Sample

Chapter 7 Using Mail Surveys to Assess Perceptions of Law Enforcement Officers and Prosecuting Attorneys Regarding Parental Involvement Laws

Chapter 8 Understanding Changes in Community Sentiment About Drug Use During Pregnancy Using a Repeated Measures Design

Chapter 9 Sentiment Toward Same-Sex Divorce

Chapter 10 Changing the Sentiment of Those the Law Affects: Federal Marriage Promotion Programs

Chapter 11 How Attitude Functions, Attitude Change, and Beliefs Affect Community Sentiment Toward the Facebook Law

Chapter 12 Promoting Positive Perceptions of Justice by Listening to Children’s Sentiment in Custody Decisions

Chapter 13 Same-Sex Parents’ Sentiment About Parenthood and the Law: Implications for Therapeutic Outcomes

Chapter 14 Is There a Therapeutic Way to Balance Community Sentiment, Student Mental Health, and Student Safety to Address Campus-Related Violence?

Chapter 15 Unintended Consequences of Policy Responses to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Civil Commitment and Community Sentiment in North Dakota

Chapter 16 Adult Consequences for Juvenile Behavior: Does Sentencing Policy Aimed at Serious Adult Behavior Cast Too Wide a Net?

Chapter 17 An Examination of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws: Can Community Sentiment Lead to Ineffective Laws?

Chapter 18 Silver Alert Programs: An Exploration of Community Sentiment Regarding a Policy Solution to Address the Critical Wandering Problem in an Aging Population

Chapter 19 Community Sentiment and the Law: Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions