Should authorities have right to detain the suspected

wotrial

Source

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

Details

Question Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to… A. Detain people for as long as they want without putting them on trial?

Values

[1] definitely should have right
[2] probably should have right
[3] probably should not have right
[4] definitely should not have right
[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

ballots	years
A/B	2016
D/-	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely should have right	probably should have right	probably should not have right	definitely should not have right	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2992	351	449	347	348	21	2	-	4510
2016	1477	205	290	391	468	23	13	-	2867
Total	4469	556	739	738	816	44	15	0	7377