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

year	ballots	availability
1998	A/B/C	full

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