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-~---------i': 1r\ jI~1 Public Attitudes Toward Crime and Criminal Justice-Related TopicsISourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983 IITobie 2.58 Respondents reporting whether someone in the household called the police during the last year and satisfaction with response'1 time, by demographic characteristics, United States, 1982Table 2.57 Reported con,fidence in police, by s,;lected!'OTE: See NOTE, Table 2.1. The data below are responses to a response had taken a long time they were asked if pol/ce should havevictimization experienc~ of respondent or acquaintance, ! sequence of questions. First, respondents were asked if anyone in the arrived sooner. For a discussion of public opinion survey samplingIUnited States, 19801household hod calJed the police in the last year. If someone in the procedures, see Appendix 7. For detailed Information on this survey,!'OTE: See !'OTE Table 2.9. The "confidence in the local police I household had called the ~ olice, they were asked if the police response see Appendix 8.hod token a long or short time. If respondents indicated that theindex" Is the ;imple sum of responses to six dic~otomi~edquestions dealing with police performance and perceived police\Questions: "Have you or anyone in your houJehold had on occasion to call the police in the past year?""- attitudes. ''High'' confidence scores were assigned respondents~I~( If yes, ''Would YOI) soy the police arrived a short time after you colied, a long time after you called or what?"who answered that they agreed with 3 to 6 of tt.!! p(1sitiveIf a long time, "1.)0 you think they should have arrived more quickly or not?"dimensions of the confidence questions. If the fatal of ~sitiveresponses was less than 3 :hen a ."Iow" confidenc~ s.core was I(Percent a )assigned. For further diSCUSSion of the survey and indices, seeIAppendix 9. Call 22lice ___ tbw fast did 22lice res[!ond Should the I?:2lice have arrived soonerNJO'iberwtlO(Percent)Don't kilow, Nurrbersaid policerefused who calbed Short Somewhere cLong Don't took a Don'tPersonalYes i'b to answer 22lice time in between time know long timed Yes i'b knowConfidence burglary Acguaintance victimization!in victimization Burglarl:: Robberl::National 35 65 (e) 825 72 4 22 2 185 94 5 (e)police ?es I\k) Yes i'b Yes i'bI80 87 77 85Sex:High 69 85 Mole 34 66 (e) 469 72 5 22 2 101 93 6 IFemale 36 64 (e) 356 72 3 24 2 84 95 5 0Lcm 31 15 20 13 Jj 15Race, ethnicity:White 35 65 (e) 712 74 4 20 2 143 92 7 ISollrce: Research and Forecasts, Inc., The Figaie Re[!ort ~nI Block 31 69 0 58 59 9 33 0 19 100 0 0Fear 0'1 Crime: America Afraid (Willoughby, OI1io: FiggleHispanic 43 57 0 45 56 4 40 0 18 100 0 0Internctional, Inc, 1980), pp. 117, 118. Table adapted bySo..RCEBCXl< stoff. Reprinted by permission.\ .Education:I College 39 61 (e) 432 71 6 21 2 90 92 7 IHigh school 33 67 (e) 370 73 2 24 I 88 96 4 0Grade school 16 84 0 20 60 5 35 0 7 100 0 0\:,Employment status:,", Full-time employed 37 63i(e) 480 72 5 21 2 101 93 6 IPart-time employed 41 59 0 131 69 3 26 2 34 94 6 0Unemployed 36 63 I 50 54 6 40 0 20 100 0 0Laid off 42 58 0 15 80 0 20 0 3 67 33 0Retired 20 80 0 64 89 2 9 0 6 100 0 0Full-time homemaker 35 65 0 60 75 2 20 2 13 92 8 0Student 43 57 0 24 62 4 33 0 8 100 0 0Income:11 rOOD 0" ow, 41 59 (e) 272 74 6 20 2 53 96 2 220,000 to ~29,999 36 64 0 211 72 4 22 3 46 94 6 012,000 to 19,999 32 68 0 164 70 4 24 I 40 90 10 0Ii 8,000 to $11,999 29 71 (e) 71 63 I 35 0 25 100 0 0Under $8,000 29 71 0 61 70 2 28 0 17 88 12 0IIAge:Ii 18 to 24 years 41 59 (e) 147 60 6 33 I 49 96 4 025 to 29 years 40 60 0 132 62 6 30 2 40 88 10 230 to 49 years 41 59 0 375 73 4 20 2 77 96 4 050 to 64 years 26 74 (e) 120 85 2 12 I 15 93 7 065 years and older 18 82 0 48 90 2 8 0 4 100 0 0Community size:Lorge city 45 55 (e) 207 61 5 32 I 66 94 6 0! Suburb 35 65 (e) 237 75 5 18 2 43 95 5 0Small town 35 65 0 270 76 3 19 2 51 94 4 2Rural 25 74 (e) 108 74 4 22 0 24 92 8 0\!II\1R;::glon:~-hrtheast 38 62 (e) 202 69 3 27 I 55 96 4 0Midwest 32 68 0 201 77 4 16 3 33 100 0 0South 32 68 0 257 69 5 24 2 63 90 8 2Ii West 40 60 (e) 165 73 6 21 I 34 91 9 0·1Neighborhood racial characteristics:I Mostly or 01/ white 34 66 (e) 641 75 4 19 2 122 93 6 II Racially mixed 40 60 0 145 57 4 39 I 56 95 5 0·1 Mostly or all black 32 68 0 35 69 9 20 3 7 100 0 0)Ii~ ,INeighborhood age structure:Mostly younger than 35 years 36 64 0 64 67 6 19 8 12 83 8 8Mostly between 35 and 55 yecr(; 34 66 0 193 76 5 19 0 37 95 5 0Mostly older than 55 years 31 69 0 48 88 0 10 2 5 100 0 0Mixed, all ages 36 64 (e) 520 69 4 25 I 131 95 5 0?Percents rnay not odd to 100 due to rounding.dThe number who said the police took a long time to arrive doesbThe number who coiled police does not include respondents who not Include respondents who refused to answer when asked If the policecalled the roJice but refused to answer when asked If the police should have arrived sooner.arrived a s art or long time after they were coiled. • eLess than or equal to 0.5 percent.cRespandents volunteered this response.Source: Table constructed by So..RCEBCXl< staff from data provided by the ABC News Poll; data were ffilJde available through the CriminalJustice Archive and Information Network, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.') -.--"-~"" ... -