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

--~- ~-...----~,.~··t~,-_,=':""'"Public Attitudes Toward Crime and Criminal Justice-Related TopicsSourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table 2.15 Respondents reporting a desire for a crime-watchprogram in their own neighborhood and inte1~st in joining aTable 2.14 Awareness of neighborhood crime-watch programs program, by demographic characieristics, United States, 1982and existence of these programs in own neighborhood, bydemographic characteristics, United States, 1982f\OTE: The following questions were asked of respondents who hadheard of or read about neighborhood crime-watch programs andf\OTE: For a discussion of public opinion survey samplingwho said there were no such programs in their neighborhood. Seeprocedures, see Appendix 7.Table 2.14 for the screen questions. For a discussion of publicopinion survey sampling procedures, see Appendix 7.Questions: "Have you heard or read about a communityprogram called crime-watch (or neighborhood watch)?"Questions: "Would you like to see such a program in yourIf yes: "Do you happen to know If there is a crime-watchneighborhood, or not?"program In your neighborhood?""Would you, yourself, be Interested In joining such a program,or not?"(Percent)(Percent)HOveheard of Existence of neighborhoodWould likeor read crime-watch programto have a Interested in joining aabout Yes, NO, there Don'tcrime-watch crime-watch [!rogram,coE!ro!)ram there is Is not knowprogram in theNoneighborhood Yes No opinionNotional 72 17 60 23Notional 82 81 13 6Sex:Male 76 15 60 25SeX:Female 69 18 60 22Male 17 81 13 6Female 87 82 12 6Rlce:White 75 16 61 23Race:Nonwhite 58 22 48 30White 82 82 13 5Nonwhite 86 72 13 15Education:College 81 19 55 26Education:High school 71 15 61 24College 79 84 9 7Grade school 60 17 68 15High school 84 82 14 4Grade school 80 71 15 14Occupation:Professional and business 81 19 55 26Occupation:Clerical and sales 67 14 57 29Professional and business 81 87 8 5Manual workers 69 18 61 21Clerical and sales 92 82 II 7Nonlabor force 71 15 62 23Manual workers 84 83 14 3Nonlabor force 84 74 16 10Income:80 19 59 22Income:1"'000 20,000 ~25,OOO and over 79 89 8 3on' to r4,999 """76 21 58 2115,000 to 19,999 79 18 59 2320,000 to ~24,999 81 17 17 610,000 to 14,999 69 II 63 26fS,!lOO to 19,999 81 82 14 45,000 to $9,999 60 II' 65 2410,000 to ,,14,999 79 79 14 7Ulder $5,000 64 14 54 325,000 to $9,9.99 87 82 15 3lklder $5,000 90 17 II 12Age:Total under 30 years 68 12 57 31Age:18 to 24 years 66 Total under 30 years 85 84 15II 54 35I25 to 29 years 71 13 61 2618 to 24 years 82 84 15 I30 to 49 years 17 1925 to 29 years61 2087 83 15 2Total 50 years and older 72 1830 to 49 years61 2181 84 9 750 to 64 years 17 18 63Total- 50 years and older 82 771915 865 years and older 67 18 5850 to 64 years2482 86 10 465 years and older 81 64 23 13City size:1,000,000 and over 60 26 46City size:28500,000 to 999,999 80 17 561,000,000 and over2781 65 21 1450,000 to 499,999 80 19 47 34500,000 to 999,999 n 81 18 12,500 t'1 49,999 66 II50,000 to 499,999 89 86 II 372 17lklder :t,500, rural 75 II 782,500 to 49,999 83 82 14 4IIlklder 2,500, rural 74 85 8 7Region:East 64 19 61 20Region:Midwest 69 16 65 19East 74 76 19 5South 77 16 64Midwest 75 172012 IIWest 89 15 48 37South 91 89 8 3West 89 78 16 6Religion:Protestant 17 16 64 20Religion:Catholic 66 16 59 25Protestant 82 84 II 5Catholic 83 78 13 9Politics:Repub!ican 75 22 51:! 20Politics:Democrat 70 17 61Republican2278 78 16 6Inde[!endent 76 II 62Demacrat 86 85 9276IndeE!endent 78 79 15 6Source: George H. Gallup, The Gallu~ ReflOrt Report No. 200(Princeton, N.J.: The Gallup Poll, May 19 2), p. ~2. Reprinted bySaurce: George H. Gallup, The Gallu Re[!ort, Report No. 200(Princeton, N.J.: The Gallup Poll, May 19~),gpermission.p. 13. Reprinted bypermission.209