Punishment for damaging a computer system

comsys

Source

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

Details

Question 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.

Values

[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(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

ballots	years
A/B/C	2000

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	reprimand	dismissal from the military/fired by the government	one year in prison	5-9 years in prison	10-20 years in prison	life in prison	don't know	no answer	Total
2000	1398	23	287	174	377	332	152	57	17	2817
Total	1398	23	287	174	377	332	152	57	17	2817