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arrest

Source

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

Details

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

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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/B/C2012
Full1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for arrest.

Counts by year:

yeariapyesnorefusedno answerdon't knowTotal
1973-1561288159-1504
1974-1481328-8-1484
1976-1281337-3311499
1977-1561341-33-1530
1980-178124414231468
1982-233160312211860
1984-1861265-2111473
20122203731375-511974
Total2201558107813223712792

See also

Other Core: convictd, hunt, hunt1, huntothr, lockedup, news(), rowngun, ticket, tvhours

Other Arrest (R's): ticket

Other Police: lockedup, ticket