comsys
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1592. Now I'm going to ask you about several offenses involving the use of a government computer system. For each case, indicate what you would consider to be the appropriate punishment when the offender is a military service member or government employee. c. Intentionally damaging or destroying a computer system.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | 10-20 years in prison | 5-9 years in prison | dismissal from the military/fired by the government | don't know | life in prison | no answer | one year in prison | reprimand | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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 | 1398 | 332 | 377 | 287 | 57 | 152 | 17 | 174 | 23 | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 70971 | 332 | 377 | 287 | 57 | 152 | 17 | 174 | 23 | 72390 |
1
reprimand
2
dismissal from the military/fired by the government
3
one year in prison
4
5-9 years in prison
5
10-20 years in prison
6
life in prison
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