courts
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 90. In general, do you think the courts in this area deal too harshly or not harshly enough with criminals?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | about right | don't know | no answer | not harshly enough | too harshly | iap | not available in this year | Total |
| 1972 | 265 | 173 | 4 | 1066 | 105 | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 196 | 138 | 10 | 1092 | 68 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 72 | 51 | 8 | 580 | 42 | 731 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 144 | 104 | 7 | 1174 | 61 | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 148 | 89 | 5 | 1210 | 47 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 123 | 84 | 3 | 1268 | 52 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 111 | 80 | 4 | 1297 | 40 | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 112 | 87 | 3 | 1218 | 48 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 73 | 36 | 6 | 760 | 48 | 937 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 103 | 71 | 4 | 1363 | 58 | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 161 | 63 | 13 | 1192 | 44 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 138 | 51 | 9 | 1284 | 52 | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 117 | 53 | 3 | 1252 | 45 | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 218 | 101 | 7 | 1417 | 76 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 145 | 71 | 4 | 1204 | 57 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 135 | 76 | - | 1285 | 41 | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 124 | 65 | 5 | 1131 | 47 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 169 | 76 | 9 | 1202 | 61 | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 156 | 88 | 8 | 1300 | 54 | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 226 | 135 | 19 | 2534 | 78 | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 310 | 197 | 16 | 2246 | 135 | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 372 | 179 | 11 | 2095 | 175 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 436 | 240 | 19 | 1913 | 209 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 240 | 83 | 4 | 919 | 126 | 1393 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 266 | 90 | 3 | 861 | 120 | 1472 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 638 | 167 | 6 | 1902 | 279 | 1518 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 388 | 147 | 7 | 1259 | 222 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 341 | 157 | 10 | 1269 | 267 | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 380 | 180 | 17 | 1128 | 269 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 484 | 207 | 20 | 1451 | 376 | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 460 | 294 | 22 | 1578 | 513 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 357 | 276 | 16 | 1253 | 446 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 298 | 241 | 14 | 933 | 308 | 1750 | - | 3544 |
| Total | 7906 | 4150 | 296 | 43636 | 4569 | 7801 | 4032 | 72390 |
1 too harshly
2 not harshly enough
3 about right
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