National Opinion Survey of Crime and Justice, 1995

The purpose of this survey was to provide legislators, public officials, and Texas residents with a reliable source of information about citizens' opinions and attitudes concerning crime and criminal justice related-topics. The data collection consists of two distinctly different files, National Data (Part 2) and Texas Data (Part 1), which can be linked or used separately for analysis. The survey questions concern neighborhood atmosphere and presentation of crime in the media, worries regarding possible attacks--both robbery and physical attacks, confidence in and opinions of police and their effectiveness, problems dealing with courts, and attitudes regarding prisoners and prisons, drug laws and drug problems, and juvenile gangs. Other questions focused on attitudes concerning the death penalty, guns, and the availability of firearms. The National Data file contains additional information expanding on the respondent's sources of crime news and gang-related questions. Demographic information on respondents includes sex, age, race, income, education, and religion.

本调查旨在为立法者、公职人员以及德克萨斯州居民提供一份可靠的信息来源，以呈现民众针对犯罪及刑事司法相关议题的观点与态度。本次数据采集包含两份截然不同的文件：全国数据（第二部分）与德克萨斯州数据（第一部分），二者既可关联整合分析，也可单独用于研究。调查问题涵盖邻里氛围与媒体对犯罪的报道、对抢劫及人身袭击等可能遭遇攻击的担忧、对警方的信任度与评价及其执法效能、司法流程相关问题、对囚犯与监狱的态度、毒品法律及毒品问题、青少年帮派相关议题。此外还有围绕死刑、枪支及枪支可获得性的相关问题。全国数据文件还包含额外拓展信息，进一步补充了受访者获取犯罪新闻的渠道以及帮派相关问题的相关内容。受访者的人口统计学信息涵盖性别、年龄、种族、收入、教育程度与宗教信仰。