Should police tap phone of a criminal?

crimtap

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 ... B. Tap his telephone.

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 crimtap.

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely allowed	probably allowed	probably not allowed	definitely not allowed	can't choose	no answer	Total
1985	857	148	144	157	182	29	17	1534
1990	155	227	317	299	270	40	64	1372
Total	1012	375	461	456	452	69	81	2906