COURTS NOT HARSH ENOUGH ON CRIMINALS (GSS)

Method & caveats. What people believe: GSS variable COURTS, "In general, do you think the courts in this area deal too harshly or not harshly enough with criminals?" Value is the weighted percent answering not harshly enough (code 2 in this file's value labels), weight WTSSPS. The .dta file's embedded value labels show 1=too harshly, 2=not harshly enough, 3=about right. Years with fewer than 200 weighted responses are dropped. Share is weighted target / weighted valid responses ×100, rounded to one decimal; missing responses excluded. 2021 pandemic push-to-web collection; 2022/2024 mixed-mode compared with earlier in-person surveys. Ballot rotation and skipped survey years cause gaps; interpret cross-mode changes cautiously. Breaks: 2021 pandemic push-to-web collection; 2022/2024 mixed-mode compared with earlier in-person surveys. Ballot rotation and skipped survey years cause gaps; interpret cross-mode changes cautiously.