Should police tail a known criminal?

crimtail

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 ... A. Keep the man under surveillance.

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 crimtail.

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely allowed	probably allowed	probably not allowed	definitely not allowed	can't choose	no answer	Total
1985	857	516	110	11	19	10	11	1534
1990	155	812	301	29	27	10	38	1372
Total	1012	1328	411	40	46	20	49	2906