Halting rising crime rate

natcrime

Source

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

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Question We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I'm going to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to tell me whether you think we're spending too much money on it, too little money, or about the right amount. First (READ ITEM A) . . . are we spending too much, too little, or about the right amount on (ITEM)? E. Halting the rising crime rate

Values

[1] too little
[2] about right
[3] too much
[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	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
Full	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	too little	about right	too much	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1973	-	967	368	70	92	7	-	1504
1974	-	987	346	72	76	3	-	1484
1975	-	974	345	81	84	6	-	1490
1976	-	979	316	118	76	10	-	1499
1977	-	1002	339	90	93	6	-	1530
1978	-	982	385	93	66	6	-	1532
1980	-	1008	304	88	63	5	-	1468
1982	-	1341	322	105	79	13	-	1860
1983	-	1060	385	76	70	8	-	1599
1984	983	328	119	22	15	6	-	1473
1985	783	470	207	41	29	4	-	1534
1986	740	463	196	34	32	5	-	1470
1987	1216	414	135	25	19	10	-	1819
1988	763	486	165	28	33	6	-	1481
1989	769	553	150	36	24	5	-	1537
1990	698	468	147	27	29	3	-	1372
1991	761	484	203	36	25	8	-	1517
1993	807	563	163	39	29	5	-	1606
1994	1484	1131	241	93	39	4	-	2992
1996	1463	965	330	97	45	4	-	2904
1998	1451	842	392	96	47	4	-	2832
2000	1408	827	454	76	44	8	-	2817
2002	1407	758	473	90	35	2	-	2765
2004	1411	796	490	72	41	2	-	2812
2006	3026	897	456	95	35	1	-	4510
2008	1019	601	296	68	39	-	-	2023
2010	1030	581	328	71	32	2	-	2044
2012	976	573	319	68	37	1	-	1974
2014	1264	755	371	106	41	1	-	2538
2016	1430	945	354	90	45	3	-	2867
2018	1160	771	285	77	52	3	-	2348
2021	2045	1249	556	164	8	-	10	4032
2022	1764	1254	342	142	38	1	3	3544
2024	1626	1148	378	112	40	-	5	3309
Total	31484	27622	10660	2598	1552	152	18	74086

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