How scientific is law enforcement?

How scientific law enforcement is · Asked in 1 wave, 2012 · 505 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

Very scientificPretty scientificNot too scientificNot scientific at allHaven't heard of it (volunteered)

Group	Very scientific	Pretty scientific	Not too scientific	Not scientific at all	Haven't heard of it (volunteered)	n	MoE
All respondents	13%	31%	31%	24%	0%	505	±5
White	13%	34%	32%	21%	0%	367	±6
Black

General Social Survey 2012 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.

Answers as the source codes them

Very scientificPretty scientificNot too scientificNot scientific at allHaven't heard of it (volunteered)Don't know (non-answer)No answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 2012	2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05	face to face	1,974	505