The purpose of this survey was to provide legislators,
public officials, and Texas residents with a reliable source of information
about citizens' opinions and attitudes concerning crime and criminal justice
related-topics. The data collection consists of two distinctly different
files, National Data (Part 2) and Texas Data (Part 1), which can be linked
or used separately for analysis. The survey questions concern neighborhood
atmosphere and presentation of crime in the media, worries regarding
possible attacks--both robbery and
physical attacks, confidence in and opinions of police and their
effectiveness, problems dealing with courts, and attitudes regarding prisoners
and prisons, drug laws and drug problems, and juvenile gangs.
Other questions focused on
attitudes concerning the death penalty, guns, and the
availability of firearms. The National Data file contains additional
information expanding on the respondent's sources of crime news
and gang-related questions. Demographic information on respondents includes
sex, age, race, income, education, and religion.
Flanagan, Timothy J., and Longmire, Dennis R. National Opinion Survey of Crime and Justice, 1995. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-11-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06720.v1
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In order to preserve respondent confidentiality, certain
identifying variables are restricted from general dissemination. Aggregations
of this information for statistical purposes that preserve the anonymity of
individual respondents can be obtained from ICPSR in accordance with existing
servicing policies.
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