Citizen attempting to escape custody

polescap

Source

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

Details

Question Are there any situations you can imagine in which you would approve of a policeman striking an adult male citizen? C. Was attempting to escape from custody?

Values

[1] yes
[2] no
[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
-/-	1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
B/C	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	yes	no	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1973	380	971	131	18	4	-	1504
1975	343	978	123	38	8	-	1490
1976	-	1161	273	59	6	-	1499
1978	-	1144	332	54	2	-	1532
1980	-	1106	293	62	7	-	1468
1983	-	1199	335	63	2	-	1599
1984	-	1064	342	52	15	-	1473
1986	-	1054	358	55	3	-	1470
1987	-	1328	382	101	8	-	1819
1988	484	755	191	45	6	-	1481
1989	502	782	205	42	6	-	1537
1990	473	663	191	44	1	-	1372
1991	500	694	264	51	8	-	1517
1993	549	767	239	48	3	-	1606
1994	981	1495	420	84	12	-	2992
1996	979	1306	513	99	7	-	2904
1998	921	1292	518	95	6	-	2832
2000	921	1259	535	89	13	-	2817
2002	1853	611	224	76	1	-	2765
2004	1936	593	223	58	2	-	2812
2006	2521	1364	503	121	1	-	4510
2008	658	977	340	47	1	-	2023
2010	667	917	397	59	4	-	2044
2012	636	947	329	62	-	-	1974
2014	851	1076	519	91	1	-	2538
2016	911	1290	589	73	4	-	2867
2018	785	1007	462	91	3	-	2348
2021	1360	1579	1060	11	2	20	4032
2022	1173	1390	932	34	4	11	3544
2024	1116	1297	845	29	6	16	3309
Total	21500	32066	12068	1851	146	47	67678