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Question 232. Are there any situations you can imagine in which you would approve of a policeman striking an adult male citizen?
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 | - | 33 | 378 | 2 | 1091 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 52 | 343 | 15 | 1080 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 57 | 300 | 4 | 1138 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 52 | 308 | 5 | 1167 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 45 | 351 | 11 | 1061 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 44 | 310 | 19 | 1226 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 37 | 414 | 7 | 1015 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 41 | 368 | 17 | 1044 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 91 | 467 | 23 | 1238 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 44 | 224 | 10 | 719 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 60 | 240 | 17 | 718 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 48 | 222 | 12 | 617 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 43 | 305 | 8 | 661 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 49 | 234 | 4 | 770 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 61 | 517 | 13 | 1420 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 84 | 549 | 8 | 1284 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 82 | 574 | 9 | 1246 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 65 | 613 | 17 | 1201 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 63 | 250 | - | 599 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 52 | 242 | 4 | 578 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 116 | 632 | 1 | 1240 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1343 | 39 | 197 | 1 | 443 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 76 | 423 | 3 | 875 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 58 | 399 | 1 | 880 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 77 | 546 | 1 | 1063 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 911 | 75 | 584 | 5 | 1292 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 78 | 539 | 4 | 942 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2719 | 2 | 410 | 1 | 890 | 10 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2353 | 17 | 406 | 3 | 761 | 4 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 2198 | 15 | 367 | 1 | 723 | 5 | 3309 |
| Total | 33104 | 1656 | 11712 | 226 | 28982 | 19 | 75699 |