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Attitudes Towards Crime and Law Enforcement: Attitudes to Crime and the Police, 1969
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York University Institute for Behavioural Research, 2009, "Attitudes Towards Crime and Law Enforcement: Attitudes to Crime and the Police, 1969", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/PHH62X, Abacus Data Network, V1
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The study was conducted by M. Courtis for the Institute for Behavioural Research at York University.
The data was collected through personal interviews of a stratified random sample of adult residents of Metropolitan Toronto.

The study focuses on the attitudes of the general public (adults) in Metropolitan Toronto on civil order, law enforcement, and justice.

Variables include: seriousness of crime in Toronto; crime increasing or decreasing; inter-municipal mobility; crime in last place of residence compared to Toronto; crime in the last place of residence outside Canada compared with crime in Toronto; precautions taken to avoid residence being robbed; weapons kept for defence; insurance on possessions; anxiety over being assaulted; anxiety over waling in neighbourhood at night; threat of molestation affecting use of public transportation, visiting theatres, restaurants, friends; avoidance of areas of Toronto by day or by night; has R seen the victim of theft, destruction of property, assault, forgery, counterfeiting, molestation, threats; opinion on causes of crime; rating of performance of magistrates, judges, social workers, probation officers, crime reporters; reasons for becoming a policeman; police recruiting policies; police training, satisfactions, grievances, wages, career prospects; rating of policework as a job; qualities of average policeman, of 'good cop', of 'bad cop'; personal contact with policemen; police time spent on duties not directly involved with law enforcement, catching criminals, prevention of crime; enforcement of liquor laws, gambling laws, drug laws, prostitution, obscenity, abortion, homosexuality, traffic laws; accusations about behavior of police, such as taking bribes, misuse of firearms, illegal search, etc.; rating of performance of police dealing with theft, assault, property damage, drunken driving, other traffic offences; investigations into police administration; right of police to search, tap telephones, pay informants, use dogs for crowd control; control of police methods; subjectivity of decision to enforce the law; attitude toward police; prestige of various occupations, including police; Police Commission; public - police relations; reluctance of victims and witnesses to crimes; dislike of police; image of police on television, radio, newspapers; parking or speeding ticket within the past 2 weeks.

Demographic variables include: place of birth; date of immigration to Canada; where raised; country of origin of ancestors; citizenship; occupation of head of household in youth; gross annual income; religion; attendance of religious services; education; language spoken at home; type of dwelling; electoral district; enumeration area; household size.

The codebook for this dataset is available through the UBC Library catalogue, with call number HV8159.O5 C688 1969.

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Keyword Crime and Justice
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