Anchoring Vignettes for Privacy (Government - Criminal Records)

Question (applies to those who have had interactions with the police):

How much privacy [do you / does 'Name'] have about [your/her/his] interactions with police?

Response categories:

  1. Unlimited
  2. A lot
  3. Moderate
  4. Some
  5. None

Vignettes:

  1. [Jonathan] was arrested on charges of assault and battery last year. He lives in a county which stores records of criminal charges at the police headquarters, where there is no public access.
  2. [Monali] was arrested on charges of assault and battery last year. She lives in a county which maintains all records of criminal charges for public inspection at the county courthouse.
  3. [David] was arrested on charges of assault and battery last year. He lives in a county which maintains all records of criminal charges at the county courthouse for public inspection and in an electronic database, to which any police officer or county official has access.
  4. [Andrea] was arrested on charges of assault and battery last year. She lives in a county which posts all criminal charges on the internet. The webpage includes pictures and detailed profiles of all arrested.

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