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Section 2

Public attitudes toward crime and criminal justice-related topics

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Capital punishment

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    Applied to select groups

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    Attitudes, general

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    Deterrent

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    Fairness

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    Penalty for murder

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    Reasons favoring or opposing

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    Student attitudes

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    Crime

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      Approaches to lowering the crime rate

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      Fear

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      Level of spending for the problems of crime and drugs

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      Perceptions of crime and safety in U.S. and neighborhoods

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      Progress coping with drugs

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      Responses to concern about crime

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      Student attitudes

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      Courts

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        Death penalty

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        Judges, honesty and ethics

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        Penalty for murder

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        Severity of local courts

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        Student attitudes

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        Treatment of juveniles who commit violent crime

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        U.S. Supreme Court

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        Drugs

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          Availability

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          Disapproval

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          Legalization of marijuana

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          Level of spending on drug addiction

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          Perceptions of the harmfulness of drug and alcohol use

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          Progress coping with drug problem

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          Severity of drug problem

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          Guns

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            Gun control policies

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            Ownership

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            Safety in the home

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            Student attitudes

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            Police

            Honesty and ethics

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            Increased law enforcement powers

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            Performance and fairness

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            Public confidence

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            Racial profiling

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            Student attitudes

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            Use of force, brutality

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            Public confidence

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              Criminal justice system

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              Government protecting citizens from terrorism

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              Institutions

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              Police

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              U.S. Supreme Court

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              Students

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                College freshmen

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                  Legalization of marijuana

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                  Abortion

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                  The courts

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                  Capital punishment

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                  Homosexual relations

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                  Gun control

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                  Disapproving of drug use

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                  High school seniors

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                    Legalization of marijuana

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                    Performance of selected institutions

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                    Performance of the courts and justice system

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                    Performance of the police

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                    Social problems

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                    Perceptions of availability of drugs

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                    Schools

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                      Drug testing and locker searches

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                      Problems and fear in schools

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                      Social and other issues

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                        Abortion

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                        Doctor-assisted suicide

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                        Drinking age, underage drinking laws

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                        Environment

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                        Ethics of various occupations, lawyers, police, and judges

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                        Fairness of criminal justice system

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                        Homosexual relations

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                        Important problems for country, government, and teenagers

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                        Pornography

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                        Rehabilitation

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                        Terrorism

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                          Government's ability to reduce threat, protect citizens

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                          Civil liberties

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                          Fear

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                          Torture

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