Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

--~- ~-..-------------- - -- ~Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Public Attitudes Toward Crime ~ndCriminal Justice-Related TopicsJ Table 2.2 Attitudes toward changes in the level of crime in own areo compared to 0 yeor ago, by demogrophic characteristics, UnitedStates, 1981, 1982, and 1983I\OTE: For a discussion of public opinion survey sampling procedures, se" Appendix 7.Question: "Is thtlre more crime in this area them there was a year ago, or less?"(Percent)1981 1982 1983No I\b NOMore Less Same opinion More Less Same opinion More Less Same opinionNotional 54 8 29 9 47 17 288 37 17 36 10Table 2.3 Attitudes toward the trend in the amount of violent crime inthe respondent's neighborhood, by demographic characteristicsUnited States, 1982'NJTE: See NJTE, Table 2.1. For a discussion of public opinion survey samplingprocedures, see Appendix 7. For detailed Information on this survey seeAppendix 8.'Question: "And what about the neighborhood where you live wouldyou say thot violent crime is going up or going down or what?" '(Percent a )No opinion,Going About b Going refusedup the same down to answerSex:Notional 23 53 21 3Male 61 9 30 10 43 16 32 9 33 19 41 7Female 56 7 28 9 52 17 24 7 41 16 32 II Sex:Male 22 55 20 2Race:Female 25 50 22 4White 54 8 29 9 47 16 29 8 35 17 38 10Nonwhite 48 12 26 14 49 23 21 7 49 19 25 7 Race, ethnicity:White 22 55 20 3Education:Black 33 36 30 :lCollege 50 9 30 II 42 18 29 II 30 18 39 13Hispanic 28 41 29 2High school 54 9 29 8 50 17 26 7 38 18 35 9Grade school 59 4 25 12 51 i3 30 6 48 13 32 7 Education:College 22 56 20 3Occupation:High school 25 51 22 3Professional and business 50 8 32 10 41 17 32 10 31 19 40 10Grade school 22 48 23 7Clerical and sales 52 12 25 II 44 19 25 12 41 14 34 IIManual workers 55 9 18 8 50 18 25 7 36 19 34 IIEmployment status:Non labor force 56 7 27 10 54 13 27 6 43 16 35 6Full-time employed 21 56 20 3Part-time employed 2S 48 25 2Income:Unemployed 33 46 18 2$25,000 and over 51 8 34 7 45 17 31 7 30 19 42 9Laid off 25 61 14 0~20,000 to ~24,999 56 7 32 5 46 21 25 8 37 17 36 10Retired 20 54 20 615,000 to 19,999 54 9 25 12 47 19 27 7 34 21 37 8Full-time homemaker 31 48 18 3~10,000 to $14,999 52 9 29 10 51 14 28 7 39 15 36 10Student 27 34 36 45,000 to $9,999 59 7 25 9 47 16 26 II 51 II 28 10Under $5,000 50 9 26 15 60 10 23 7 45 20 32 3 Income:Age: 1".000 ood o~'20 57 20 320,000 to $29,999 23 54 21 2Total under 30 years 47 II 31 II 44 18 27 II 38 18 30 1412,000 to $19,999 22 56 20 318 to 24 years 46 12 32 10 45 17 27 II 42 13 30 158,000 to $11,999 28 47 22 325 to 29 years 50 10 28 12 43 20 27 10 33 24 31 12Under $H,OOo 32 40 22 630 to 49 years 54 8 28 iO 48 15 29 8 35 16 41 850 years and older 58 6 28 8 49 17 28 6 38 18 36 8Age:50 to 64 years I\)C>. Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. 46 21 28 5 35 18 37 1018 to 24 years 26 42 30 265 years and older Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. 54 13 27 6 43 19 34 425 to 29 years 26 51 21 230 to 49 years 22 56 20 3City size:50 to 64 years 23 58 16 31,000,000 and over 51 7 30 12 49 19 25 7 40 13 38 965 years and older 19 55 21 6500,000 to 999,999 44 13 32 II 42 21 28 9 29 24 32 1550,000 ta 499,999 53 9 29 9 43 17 30 10 37 24 31 8CClI1'1'"rnnity size:2,500 to 49,999 65 a 18 9 55 15 24 6 40 17 36 7Large city 27 47 22 4Under 2,500, rural 54 7 32 7 50 14 29 7 37 12 41 10Suburb 22 56 21 2Small town 23 53 21 3Region:Rural 2:.! 55 20 3East 54 7 29 10 118 17 28 7 37 19 36 8Midwest 45 II 37 7 43 15 36 6 31 14 44 IIRegion:South 56 8 24 12 51 15 26 8 45 17 31 7(\Drtheast 23 54 19 4West 63 8 22 7 50 20 19 II 34 20 32 14Midwest 20 57 21 2South 24 49 23 4Religion:West 26 54 19 2Protestant 54 9 28 9 48 16 27 9 38 17 35 10Catholic 53 8 30 9 49 18 28 5 38 21 34 7 Neighborhood racial characteristics:Mostly or all white 21 56 20 3Politics:Racially mixed 34 42 20 3Republican 57 7 28 8 42 18 33 7 36 20 35 9Mostly or all black 28 43 30 0Democrat 54 9 27 10 52 17 25 6 39 17 35 9Independent 50 8 32 10 47 15 27 II 36 16 39 9 Neighborhood age structure:Mostly younger than 35 years 20 50 26 3Source: George H. Go II up, The Gollup Report, Report (\D. 187, p. 6; Report No. 200, p. 20; Report (\D. 210, p. 9 (Princeton, N.J.: The GollupMostly between 35 and 55 years 20 59 20 2Poll). Table adapted by Sa...RCEBOOK staff. Reprinted by permission.Mostly older than 55 years 24 54 18 4Mixed, all ages 25 51 21 3~ercents may not add to 100 due to rounding.Respondents volunteered this response.i,;,Source: Table constructed by Sa...RCEB()()< staff from data providedby ~he ABC News Poll; data were made available through the CriminalJustice Archive and Information Network, Inter-university Consortium forPolitical and Social Research.192193