courtsy
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 91. In general, do you think the courts in this area deal too harshly, or not harshly enough with criminals, or don't you have enough information about the courts to say?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | about right | can't choose | no answer | not harsh enough | too harsh | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 753 | 44 | 210 | 8 | 436 | 33 | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 923 | 42 | 138 | 11 | 689 | 57 | 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 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | 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 | 70722 | 86 | 348 | 19 | 1125 | 90 | 72390 |
1
too harsh
2
not harsh enough
3
about right
8
cant say
NA(d)
can't choose
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