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Question 232. If yes or not sure: Would you approve of a policeman striking a citizen who: a. Had said vulgar and obscene things to the policeman?
Overview
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 380 | 17 | 855 | 1 | 251 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 343 | 40 | 881 | 5 | 221 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 42 | 1158 | 4 | 295 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 31 | 1225 | 2 | 274 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 30 | 1232 | 8 | 198 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 38 | 1325 | 1 | 235 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 35 | 1258 | 4 | 176 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 21 | 1241 | 3 | 205 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 46 | 1576 | 7 | 190 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 18 | 857 | 4 | 118 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 18 | 899 | 5 | 113 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 31 | 759 | 1 | 108 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 21 | 902 | 7 | 87 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 19 | 961 | 4 | 73 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 19 | 1804 | 12 | 176 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 24 | 1756 | 7 | 138 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 31 | 1750 | 5 | 125 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 32 | 1738 | 11 | 115 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 19 | 833 | 1 | 59 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 26 | 783 | 1 | 66 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 66 | 1787 | - | 136 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 45 | 1193 | 1 | 126 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 29 | 1220 | 2 | 126 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 38 | 1174 | 1 | 125 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 31 | 1508 | - | 148 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 911 | 38 | 1715 | 5 | 198 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 37 | 1374 | 2 | 150 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2719 | 1 | 1204 | 1 | 100 | 7 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2353 | 4 | 1076 | 1 | 106 | 4 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 2198 | 14 | 983 | 1 | 106 | 7 | 3309 |
| Total | 33142 | 861 | 37027 | 107 | 4544 | 18 | 75699 |