Should police detain a known criminal?

crimhold

Source

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

Details

Question Suppose the police get an anonymous tip that a man with a long criminal record is planning to break into a warehouse. Please circle a number for each question to show if you think police should be allowed without a court order to ... D. Detain the man overnight for questioning.

Values

[1] definitely allowed
[2] probably allowed
[3] probably not allowed
[4] definitely not allowed
[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
A/B/C	1990
Full	1985

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely allowed	probably allowed	probably not allowed	definitely not allowed	can't choose	no answer	Total
1985	857	205	181	101	140	35	15	1534
1990	155	283	351	248	222	48	65	1372
Total	1012	488	532	349	362	83	80	2906