Punishment for stealing and selling weapons

takearms

Source

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

Details

Question Now I'm going to ask you about several offenses. For each case, indicate (Number 1-6) what you would consider the appropriate punishment for each case. A. An army sergeant was convicted of stealing airplane parts, ammunition, explosives and other government property and selling them to civilians.

Values

[1] reprimand
[2] dismiss military
[3] one year prison
[4] 5-9 years prison
[5] 10-20 yrs 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	1998

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	reprimand	dismiss military	one year prison	5-9 years prison	10-20 yrs prison	life in prison	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1998	1445	34	395	167	358	272	97	48	16	-	2832
Total	1445	34	395	167	358	272	97	48	16	0	2832