NCJ Number
41396
Date Published
Unknown
Length
18 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER PRESENTS SOME RESULTS OF A 1972 INVENTORY OF 400 SURVEYS CONCERNED WITH GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CRIME, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Abstract
OF THE SURVEYS INVENTORIED, 218 WERE CONDUCTED BY ONE MAJOR POLLING ORGANIZATION AS PART OF PERIODIC SURVEYS AND THE REST WERE SPECIAL STUDIES. TABULATIONS ARE GIVEN SHOWING THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH SPECIFIC TOPICS HAVE FIGURED IN SURVEYS. SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION IS ALSO GIVEN ON HOW AND BY WHOM SURVEYS WERE CARRIED OUT AND ON THE WAYS IN WHICH THEIR DATA HAVE BEEN REPORTED. ATTITUDES TOWARD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, THE SALIENCE OF CRIME AS A PUBLIC ISSUE, AND POSSESSION OF FIREARMS ARE TOPICS IDENTIFIED FOR WHICH POLL DATA CAN READILY BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTING REASONABLY LONG-TERM TIME SERIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB