The survey featured responses from 1,000 adults in the United States on such issues as fear of crime, gun control, capital punishment, and juvenile crime. The book is divided into 13 sections: (1) Public Opinion on Crime and Justice History, Development, and Trends; (2) America's Fear of Crime; (3) Support and Confidence: Public Attitudes Toward the Police; (4) Bringing the Offender to Heel: Views of the Criminal Courts; (5) Just and Painful: Attitudes Toward Sentencing Criminals; (6) Reform or Punish: Americans' Views of the Correctional System; (7) Americans' Attitudes About the Ultimate Weapon: Capital Punishment; (8) Guns and Gun Control; (9) The Modern Plague: Controlling Substance Abuse; (10) The Growing Threat: Gangs and Juvenile Offenders; (11) Public Opinion and Public Policy in Criminal Justice; (12) The Art and Science of Survey Research; and (13) The National Opinion Survey on Crime and Justice--1995: Development and Methods. Figures, tables, notes, references, appendix