VAR 001486 K12ax1. PH Summary- R placement on ways to reduce crime MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 2666 - 2666 Numeric K12ax1. TELEPHONE: How about you? Do you think that the best way to reduce crime is to address social problems or to make sure criminals are caught, convicted, and punished, or that we should do something in between, or haven't you thought much about this? (IF ADDRESS SOCIAL PROBLEMS:) Do you think that addressing the social problems that cause crime, rather than making sure criminals are caught, convicted, and punished is a much better way or somewhat better way to reduce crime? (IF PUNISH CRIMINALS:) Do you think that making sure criminals are caught, convicted, and punished, rather than addressing the social problems that cause crime is a much better way or a somewhat better way to reduce crime? (IF DK/HAVEN'T THOUGHT/'IN-BETWEEN'): If you had to choose, which way would you say is better at reducing crime -- addressing the social problems that cause or crime or making sure criminals are caught, convicted, and punished? BRANCHING SUMMARY: CRIME REDUCTION SELF-PLACEMENT --------------------------------------------------------------------- Built from K12a.T, K12a1.T, K12a2.T, K12a3.T. 1. MUCH BETTER TO ADDRESS SOCIAL PROBLEMS 2. SOMEWHAT BETTER TO ADDRESS SOCIAL PROBLEMS 3. NEITHER BUT SLIGHTLY FAVOR ADRESSING PROBLEMS 4. IN-BETWEEN 5. NEITHER BUT SLIGHTLY FAVOR PUNISHING CRIMINALS 6. SOMEWHAT BETTER TO PUNISH CRIMINALS 7. MUCH BETTER TO PUNISH CRIMINALS 8. DK 9. RF; NA; INAP, FTF mode; no Post IW 0. Haven't thought much 0 1 2 3 4 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 9 214 128 156 34 5 6 7 8 9 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 107 105 106 1 947 ==============================