2018 US National Justice Survey

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Tom R. Tyler, Yale University; Phillip Atiba Goff, Yale University; Jillian K. Swencionis, Yale University

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Tyler, Tom R., Goff, Phillip Atiba, and Swencionis, Jillian K. 2018 US National Justice Survey. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-04-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E190167V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The National Justice Survey asked U.S. respondents about their experiences interacting with police, their perspectives on the criminal legal system, and social attitudes. This survey is part of the National Opinion Research Center’s (NORC) AmeriSpeak Panel (NORC, 2018). Funded and operated by NORC at the University of Chicago, AmeriSpeak® is a probability-based panel designed to be representative of the US household population. Randomly selected US households are sampled with a known, non-zero probability of selection from the NORC National Frame and address-based sample, and then contacted by US mail, telephone interviewers, overnight express mailers, and field interviewers (face to face) and asked to complete a questionnaire over the web during June-August 2018. AmeriSpeak panelists participate in NORC studies or studies conducted by NORC on behalf of NORC’s clients. The current study was funded by the Russell Sage Foundation and conducted by Amerispeak. The City University of New York institutional review board approved the research and participants provided informed consent via computer. Respondents were drawn from this panel based upon age, race, education and gender. The sample is based upon the population falling within each group, adjusted for expected completion rates. The sample was weighted to reflect the national population.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Russell Sage Foundation (21102)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms policing; police citizen interactions; procedural justice; trust; racism; police violence; criminal justice policy; fear of crime; legitimacy; coercion; care; hierarchy; racial bias
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 6/2018 – 8/2018 (Summer 2018)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 6/2018 – 8/2018 (Summer 2018)
Universe:  View help for Universe Adult United States residents
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Sampling:  View help for Sampling Randomly selected US households are sampled with a known, non-zero probability of selection from the NORC National Frame and address-based sample. Respondents were drawn from this panel based upon age, race, education and gender. The sample is based upon the population falling within each group, adjusted for expected completion rates.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source 2018 US National Justice Survey
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) web-based survey
Scales:  View help for Scales Police legitimacy
Procedural justice
Stereotype threat
Essentialism
Theories of racism
Right-wing authoritarianism
Feeling thermometer
Social dominance orientation
IAT
Weights:  View help for Weights The sample was weighted to reflect the national population.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation individuals
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit state

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