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Historical Crime Survey: Public Interest and Attitudes towards Crime History

1.What age range do you fall into? (Note: only those aged 18 or older are asked to participate.)(Required.)
2.Which gender do you identify as?(Required.)
3.What is your country of nationality?(Required.)
4.What is the highest level of formal education that you have completed?(Required.)
5.What exposure have you had to information about legal history or the history of crime? (Select all experiences that apply.)(Required.)
6.In your opinion, was the nineteenth century a period of high crime, medium crime or low crime? (In terms of your national context.)(Required.)
7.In your opinion, was the early twentieth century a period of high crime, medium crime or low crime? (In terms of your national context.)(Required.)
8.In your opinion, is the current period a period of high crime, medium crime or low crime?(Required.)
9.In your opinion, what was the single leading cause of crime in the nineteenth and early twentieth century? (In terms of your national context.)(Required.)
10.In your opinion, what is the single leading cause of crime today? (In terms of your national context.)(Required.)
11.In your opinion, how fair was the criminal justice system in the nineteenth and early twentieth century? (That is the policing, courtroom and punishment processes specific to your national context.)(Required.)
12.In your opinion, how fair is the criminal justice system today? (That is the policing, courtroom and punishment processes specific to your national context.)(Required.)
13.In terms of your personal fear of crime, how safe do you feel walking around your local area after dark?(Required.)
14.Do you think your nation’s legal/crime history is special or unique in comparison to other countries?(Required.)
15.If you answered yes to the previous question, briefly elaborate the reasons why you think the history of crime in your country is special.
16.Describe or name the first offender that comes to your mind when you think about historical criminals.
17.What do you think are the significant differences between crime historically compared to today?
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