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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table 2.67 Attitudes toward prison sentences as a deterrentto crime, by demographic characteristics, United States,1980I-.oTE: See !'-OTE, Table 2.9. For further discussion of the survey,see Appendix 9.Question: "Do prison sentences discourage crime?"(Percent)YesNational 52 48Sex:Male 54 46Female 44 56Race:WhiteBlack4942515!JEducation:College graduate 41 59High school graduate or some college 44 56Less than high school graduate 60 40Age:18 to 29 years 39 6130 to 39 years 48 524U to 49 years 53 4750 to 59 yer 51 4960 years on ... ,nder 55 45Marital s!atus:Married 53 47Divorced, widowed, separated 40 60Single 41 59Comnunity size:Large city 43 57Small city 46 54Suburb 48 52Rural - 57 43Region:East 4!J 52Midwest 40 60South 55 45West 45 55Source: Research and Forecasts, Inc., The Figgie Reporton Fear of Crime: America Afraid (Willoughby, Ohio: FiggieInternational, Inc., J9IJO), pp. 130, 131, 133, 134. Tableadapted by SOLRCEBOC'K stoff. Reprinted by permission.No"4\260o\