POLS 3300 Lecture 18: POLS 3300 nov 7.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3300
• Professor: Troy Riddell

Document Summary

Public opinion, media and interest groups: video lsuc conducting sexual assault trials, roberts public opinion, criminal justice concerns are very low in comparison to the economy and unemployment, public opinion and criminal justice, ycja divert young offenders out of incarceration and custody, public opinion not a major factor in explaining certain policies, public opinion and death penalty, public is not always punitive in criminal justice matters, and does not always sway public policy, us allows for direct public input (cid:224) general public voting on public policy (california) Interest group influence: membership greater number of membership = greater number of votes for politicians, funding hiring lawyers to intervene in cases, lobbying, expertise, salience of a particular issue important issue in the public mind, willingness of government to listen to groups.