Should police open mail of a criminal?

crimread

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 ... C. Open his mail.

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 crimread.

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely allowed	probably allowed	probably not allowed	definitely not allowed	can't choose	no answer	Total
1985	857	77	68	155	327	33	17	1534
1990	155	93	126	340	532	59	67	1372
Total	1012	170	194	495	859	92	84	2906