Ever picked up or charged by police

arrest

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 239. Were you ever picked up, or charged, by the police, for any (other) reason whether or not you were guilty?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	no	no answer	refused	yes	don't know	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	-	1288	59	1	156	-	1504
1974	-	1328	8	-	148	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	-	1337	33	-	128	1	1499
1977	-	1341	33	-	156	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	-	1244	42	1	178	3	1468
1982	-	1603	22	1	233	1	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	-	1265	21	-	186	1	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	220	1375	5	-	373	1	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	3544	-	-	-	-	-	3544
Total	59818	10781	223	3	1558	7	72390

Values

• 1 yes

• 2 no

• 3 refused

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(q) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook