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Michael Weinrath
Researcher at University of Winnipeg
Publications - 24
Citations - 185
Michael Weinrath is an academic researcher from University of Winnipeg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Criminal justice & Fear of crime. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 22 publications receiving 174 citations.
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The impact of media on fear of crime among university students: a cross-national comparison
Steven Kohm,Courtney A. Waid-Lindberg,Michael Weinrath,Tara O’Connor Shelley,Rhonda R. Dobbs +4 more
TL;DR: This article examined the impact of various forms of media on fear of crime among university students in Canada and the United States, finding that Canadian students reported significantly higher levels of fear of violent crime than U.S. students.
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Inmate Perspectives on the Remand Crisis in Canada
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the raisons possibles of the change in the number of pre-trial detention cases in provincial/territorial custody, focusing particularly on the two-for-one time served credit available to offenders upon conviction.
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Violent Victimization and Fear of Crime Among Canadian Aboriginals
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the results of two national Canadian surveys, the 1991 post-censal Aboriginal People's Survey (N = 18,000), and the 1993 Canadian General Social Survey (n = 10,000).
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Specific Deterrence and Sentence Length: The Case of Drunk Drivers
TL;DR: The authors have assessed the effect of longer prison sentences by conducting aggregate-level studies of general deterrence, but relatively little attention has been paid to the specific deterministic effects of longer sentences.
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Trends in Fear of Crime in a Western Canadian City: 1984, 1994, and 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined trends in fear of crime and compared them to reported crime using data from the Winnipeg Area Study from 1984, 1994, and 2004, and official crime data from Winnipeg Police Service.