Population and Law in Austria

Attitude of the Austrian population to law and the judiciary. Moral
orientation and contacts with persons with deviant behavior.

Topics: Evaluation of the various laws and punishment for selected
offenses; assessment of the extent of commiting crimes by the male
population in percent and judgement on the development of crime;
expected development of unsolved crimes; readiness to intervene and
report in various situations; knowledge of facts of the case in
procedural law, criminal law, civil law and industrial law; assumed
equality before the judiciary; contact with persons with deviant
behavior such as e.g. swindlers, users of intoxicants, homosexuals,
drinkers, left-wing radicals, repeat criminals and suicide candidates;
attitude to use of intoxicants, religion, divorce, abortion, sexual
morals, homosexuality, pornography, the death penalty, nationalization
of industry, obedience, rearmament and punishment of criminals (pair
comparison); general contentment with life; self-classification of
social class and personal political influence; size of residence and
type of residence; religiousness; party preference; possession of
drivers license; media usage.

Scales: wage performance relationship; work and success orientation;
general moral orientations, including also liberalism and dogmatism;
reform of the penal system.

The following questions were posed to persons who have been the victim
of a crime: type of offense and amount of loss; conviction of culprit
and demand for sanctions.

Demography: marital status; number of children in household; school
education; vocational training; occupation; income; size of household;
composition of household; head of household; social origins; state;
regional origins; possession of durable economic goods.

Interviewer rating: city size.