Punishment leaking sensitive information

punleak

Source

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

Details

Question I'm going to ask you about several offenses. For each case, indicate what you would consider to be the appropriate punishment when the offender is a military service member or government employee. B. Leaking sensitive information to a newspaper in order to influence public opinion about a controversial political issue. The offender received no money.

Values

[1] reprimand
[2] dismissal from the military/fired by the government
[3] one year in prison
[4] 5-9 years in prison
[5] 10-20 years in 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	2000

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	reprimand	dismissal from the military/fired by the government	one year in prison	5-9 years in prison	10-20 years in prison	life in prison	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2000	1398	203	562	217	219	100	39	67	12	-	2817
Total	1398	203	562	217	219	100	39	67	12	0	2817