Latest reports

Most Expect 'Occasional Acts of Terrorism' in the Future

Americans Wanted Gun Background Checks to Pass Senate

Post-Boston, Half in U.S. Anticipate More Terrorism Soon

Ending Mass Incarceration: Charting a New Justice Reinvestment

In the news

Poll Finds Strong Acceptance for Public Surveillance

Young, alone — and in court

Illegal border crossings rise... as Congress debates immigration reform

A State’s Duty to Indigent Defendants

Americans' opinions on:

     Homosexuality, legality of
     Immigration policies
     Gun control laws

Did you know:

At yearend 2011, the incarceration rate in the U.S. was 716 prisoners per 100,000 population continuing a recent downward trend.

Ending 2011, there were 1,790 juveniles (under age 18) held in adult State prisons, the lowest number in over two decades.

Trends:

Background checks • Crime rates • Deportations • Executions
Jail inmates • Murder weapons • Prisoners • Public corruption
U.S. correctional population

Focus on: Terrorism

•	Beliefs about future acts of terrorism
•	Beliefs that there will soon be another terrorist attack in the U.S.
•	Civil liberties vs. curbing terrorism
•	Fear that self or someone in family will become a victim of terrorism
•	U.S. citizen casualties resulting from international terrorism
•	More tables

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