Public Opinion

Public Opinion on Sentencing and Corrections Policy in America [PDF]
Pew Center on the States, March, 2012
“Support for sentencing and corrections reforms (including reduced prison terms) is strong across political parties, regions, age, gender, and racial/ethnic groups.”
Continued Majority Support for Death Penalty More Concern among Opponents about Wrongful Convictions, [PDF]
Pew Research Center, January, 2012
“Public opinion about the death penalty has changed only modestly in recent years, but there continues to be far less support for the death penalty than there was in the mid-1990s.”
Community Survey on Public Safety [PDF]
National Council on Crime and Delinquency, June, 2006
“Forty-three percent (43.8%) of survey respondents report feeling somewhat unsafe or unsafe in their neighborhood.”
Attitudes of US Voters toward Prisoner Rehabilitation [PDF]
National Council on Crime and Delinquency, April, 2006
“By strong majorities, US voters feel that a lack of life skills, the experience of being in prison, and obstacles to reentry are major factors in the rearrest of prisoners after release. Few thought that criminality is inherent.”
Attitudes of Californians toward Effective Correctional Policies [PDF]
National Council on Crime and Delinquency, June, 2004
“By almost an 8 to 1 margin (63% to 8%), Californians favor using state funds to rehabilitate prisoners both during incarceration and after their release from prison as opposed to punishment only.”
East Side of St. Paul: Crime Related Needs Assessment, [PDF]
Council on Crime and Justice, February, 2003
“In order to assess the needs of racial/ethnic communities experiencing heightened criminal activity within their neighborhoods, five focus groups were undertaken: African American, Hmong, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, and Caucasian.”
("Focus group participants were asked to discuss their perceptions of the causes of crime, the effectiveness of police responses, the impact of crime and imprisonment on community stability, racial tension, and youth.")
Public Attitudes Towards Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States [PDF]
Profs Uggen, Brooks and Manza, September, 2002
(summary of longer paper not available online)
Improving public attitudes to the Criminal Justice System: The impact of information, [PDF]
Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, July, 2002
(Appendix A (156K) Appendix B (244K))
California Voters' Reaction to Proposed Cuts in the Budget
California HealthCare Foundation, July, 2002
“large proportions of voters favored cutbacks in state prisons and corrections (46 percent)”
(See press release or page 4 of graphical summary.)
Changing Public Attitudes toward the Criminal Justice System [PDF]
Open Society Institute, February, 2002
“In era of budget shortfalls, Americans support long-term strategies to save money by reducing reliance on prisons”
Public Opinion on Youth, Crime, and Race: A Guide for Advocates, [PDF]
Youth Law Center, October, 2001
Survey on Drug Use and Drug Policy [PDF]
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, September, 2001
“voter attitudes and opinions toward issues relating to drug abuse and drug policy in Colorado”
Public Attitudes Toward Uses of Criminal History Information [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, July, 2001
Optimism, Pessimism, and Jailhouse Redemption: American Attitudes on Crime, Punishment, and Over-incarceration, [PDF]
ACLU, July, 2001
National Task Force on Privacy, Technology and Criminal Justice Information , Report of, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, July, 2001
(Findings from a comprehensive project that reviewed the law and policy addressing the collection, use, and dissemination of criminal justice record information and, particularly, criminal history record information.)
Barred from the Vote: Public Attitudes Toward the Disenfranchisement of Felons, [PDF]
Pinaire, Heumann, and Bilotta, 2001
Crime, Punishment and Public Opinion A Summary of Recent Studies and their implications for Sentencing Policy, [PDF]
Sentencing Project, 2001
National Public Survey on White Collar Crime [PDF]
National White Collar Crime Center, 2000
Crime Control and Common Sense Assumptions Underlying the Expansion of the Prison Population,
Urban Institute, May, 1999
Perceptions of Neighborhood Crime, 1995 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 1998
The Will of the People The Public's Opinion of the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Act of 1997, [PDF]
Justice Policy Institute, March, 1998
Corrections in Florida: What the Public, News Media and DC Staff Think,
Florida Department of Corrections, March, 1998
Crime and Neighborhoods
Bureau of Justice Statistics, June, 1994
“compares victimization levels and perceptions of neighborhood crime”

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