Qualitative Criminology (QC)
Abstract
"Public opinion polls largely developed post-WWII and questions about the police did not appear until the late 1960s. Since then, over 100+ studies have assessed the modern-day public opinion of the police, but none have looked to public opinion from an earlier time period. This study uses a qualitative historiographical approach for assessing public opinion of the police in the 1930s by drawing on the primary source of a letter exchange between two of that eras greatest pulp writers: Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft. Findings suggest similarities between the 1930s and present day public opinion of the police."
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Recommended Citation
Oliver, Willard M.
(2020)
"Public Opinion of the Police in 1930s America: A Qualitative Historiographical Study,"
Qualitative Criminology (QC): Vol. 9:
No.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol9/iss1/11
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