The 2007 National Justice Survey: Tackling Crime and Public Confidence
Figure 3: Public Confidence in Specific Criminal Justice System Responsibilities
Long description
This is a vertical bar chart which illustrates public confidence in specific criminal justice system responsibilities.
The Y axis is measured in percentages and increases in increments of 10 from 0 to 100.
The X axis is divided by four categories, from left to right: Police, Court, Corrections, and Parole. Each category is divided by two bars on the chart, from left to right: under the heading “police”: Prevent Crime, Solve Crime; under the heading “court”: Determine Guilt, Impose Sentences; under the heading “corrections”: Prevent Escape, Rehabilitate Offenders; and under the heading “parole”: Release Offenders, Supervise Offenders. Each bar on the chart is divided by three sub-categories, from top to bottom: Low confidence, Moderate confidence, and High confidence.
In terms of preventing crime:
- Approximately 15% of respondents reported low confidence
- Over 60% of respondents reported moderate confidence
- Approximately 15% of respondents reported high confidence
In terms of solving crime:
- Less than10% of respondents reported low confidence
- Approximately 60% of respondents reported moderate confidence
- Over 30% of respondents reported high confidence
In terms of determining guilt:
- 10% of respondents reported low confidence
- Just under 60% of respondents reported moderate confidence
- Over 30% of respondents reported high confidence
In terms of imposing sentences:
- Nearly 30% of respondents reported low confidence
- Approximately 50% of respondents reported moderate confidence
- Less than 20% of respondents reported high confidence
In terms of preventing escape:
- Less than10% of respondents reported low confidence
- Approximately 40% of respondents reported moderate confidence
- Approximately 50% of respondents reported high confidence
In terms of rehabilitating offenders:
- Over 30% of respondents reported low confidence
- Approximately 60% of respondents reported moderate confidence
- Less than 10% of respondents reported high confidence
In terms of releasing offenders:
- Nearly 30% of respondents reported low confidence
- Approximately 60% of respondents reported moderate confidence
- Approximately 10% of respondents reported high confidence
In terms of supervising offenders:
- 30% of respondents reported low confidence
- 60% of respondents reported moderate confidence
- 10% of offenders reported high confidence
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