crime and personal safety / http://backend.userland.com/rss ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½WebTeam U.S. gun ownership rates have remained steady, with drops among Democratic and independent men offsetting a surge among Republican women. /poll/653621/gun-ownership-rates-spiked-among-republican-women.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/653621/gun-ownership-rates-spiked-among-republican-women.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:00:00 GMT While 56% of Americans favor stricter gun laws in general and 52% back an assault weapons ban, a near-record-low 20% support banning handguns. /poll/653489/majorities-back-stricter-gun-laws-assault-weapons-ban.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/653489/majorities-back-stricter-gun-laws-assault-weapons-ban.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:00:00 GMT Declining support for the death penalty since the early 2000s is largely a result of lower support among Generation Z and millennials. /poll/653429/drop-death-penalty-support-led-younger-generations.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/653429/drop-death-penalty-support-led-younger-generations.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:00:00 GMT Americans' views of national and local crime have improved since last year, largely due to Democrats' more positive perceptions. /poll/652763/smaller-majorities-say-crime-serious-increasing.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/652763/smaller-majorities-say-crime-serious-increasing.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:00:00 GMT 77% of Americans who have interacted with police in the past 12 months say the experience was positive overall, but those who do not report positive experiences in police encounters have lower wellbeing and feel less safe. /opinion/gallup/547073/ways-police-encounters-shape-public-perceptions-wellbeing.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/547073/ways-police-encounters-shape-public-perceptions-wellbeing.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:30:00 GMT Americans now divide evenly on whether juveniles who commit violent crimes should be treated the same as adults or receive more lenient treatment. /poll/545021/americans-divided-treatment-violent-juvenile-offenders.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/545021/americans-divided-treatment-violent-juvenile-offenders.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:00:00 GMT Being the victim of a scam is one of the most prevalent crimes U.S. households experience, and also one that causes anxiety for a majority of Americans. /poll/544643/scams-relatively-common-anxiety-inducing-americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/544643/scams-relatively-common-anxiety-inducing-americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:30:00 GMT Forty percent of Americans are afraid to walk alone at night near their home, the most since 1993. This coincides with elevated public concern about being mugged, murdered, carjacked or having their car stolen or broken into. /poll/544415/personal-safety-fears-three-decade-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/544415/personal-safety-fears-three-decade-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:00:00 GMT A majority of Americans again say the U.S. criminal justice system is not tough enough. Far fewer now than in 2003 believe the criminal justice system is fair. /poll/544439/americans-critical-criminal-justice-system.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/544439/americans-critical-criminal-justice-system.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:00:00 GMT A new high of 63% of U.S. adults say the crime problem in the U.S. is extremely or very serious. /poll/544442/americans-crime-problem-serious.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/544442/americans-crime-problem-serious.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:00:00 GMT