Courts dealing with criminals-version y

courtsy

Source

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

Details

Question 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?

Values

[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(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
-	1974, 1982

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	too harsh	not harsh enough	about right	can't choose	no answer	Total
1974	753	33	436	44	210	8	1484
1982	923	57	689	42	138	11	1860
Total	1676	90	1125	86	348	19	3344