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Worse type of judicial mistake

Source: R/gss_vars_436.R
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Source

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

Details

Question All systems of justice make mistakes, but which do you think is worse? To convict an innocent person or To let a guilty person go free

Values

  • [1] convict an innocent person

  • [2] let a guilty person go free

  • [NA(d)] can't choose [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

ballotsyears
A/B/-2016
A/B/C1990, 1996
D/-/-2006
Full1985

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapconvict an innocent personlet a guilty person go freecan't chooseno answernot available in this yearTotal
198585741913810911-1534
199015568424324941-1372
1996157280530019829-2904
200629921030428528-4510
2016147710362914914-2867
Total705339741400657103013187

See also

Other ISSP Role of Gov't: databank, eqincome, manhold, manread, mantail, mantap, opprof, oprich, progtax