Punishment for official leaking information

leakinfo

Source

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

Details

Question Now I”m going to ask you about several offenses. For each case, indicate (Number 1-6) what you would consider the appropriate punishment for each case. B. A high-placed government official leaked sensitive information to a newspaper in order to influence public opinion about a controversial political issue. The official received no money.

Values

[1] reprimand
[2] dismiss military
[3] 1 year in prison
[4] 5-9 yrs prison
[5] 10-20 yrs prison
[6] life in prison
[NA(d)] don't know [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	1998

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	reprimand	dismiss military	1 year in prison	5-9 yrs prison	10-20 yrs prison	life in prison	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1998	1445	273	591	185	156	68	25	68	21	-	2832
Total	1445	273	591	185	156	68	25	68	21	0	2832