crime / http://backend.userland.com/rss 麻豆传媒AV WebTeam Black Americans' opinions about four aspects of local policing in the U.S. showed modest improvement in 2024, while White Americans' views have been mostly stable since 2021. /poll/690959/racial-divide-policing-narrows-years-floyd-death.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/690959/racial-divide-policing-narrows-years-floyd-death.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 23 May 2025 08:00:00 GMT Americans predict a somewhat challenging 2025, marked by political conflict, economic difficulty, and rising power for China and Russia. /poll/654731/americans-predict-challenges-2025-few-bright-spots.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/654731/americans-predict-challenges-2025-few-bright-spots.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:00:00 GMT 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 Most key measures of the political environment for the 2024 election favor the Republican Party over the Democratic Party. /poll/651092/2024-election-environment-favorable-gop.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/651092/2024-election-environment-favorable-gop.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 24 Sep 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