VAR 001486a K12ax2. Summary- R placement on ways to reduce crime MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 2667 - 2667 Numeric K12ax2. 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? SUMMARY: CRIME REDUCTION SELF-PLACEMENT --------------------------------------------------------------------- Built from K12 and K12ax1 1. SCALE: 1/ BRANCHING: MUCH BETTER TO ADDRESS SOCIAL PROBLEMS 2. SCALE: 2/ SOMEWHAT BETTER TO ADDRESS SOCIAL PROBLEMS 3. SCALE: 3/ NEITHER BUT SLIGHTLY FAVOR ADRESSING PROBLEMS 4. SCALE: 4/ IN-BETWEEN 5. SCALE: 5/ NEITHER BUT SLIGHTLY FAVOR PUNISHING CRIMINALS 6. SCALE: 6/ SOMEWHAT BETTER TO PUNISH CRIMINALS 7. SCALE: 7/ MUCH BETTER TO PUNISH CRIMINALS 8. DK 9. RF; NA; INAP, no Post IW 0. Haven't thought much 0 1 2 3 4 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 48 290 198 236 180 5 6 7 8 9 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 190 169 240 2 254 ==============================