{"id":3066,"date":"2021-03-05T13:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3066"},"modified":"2021-03-05T13:08:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:08:00","slug":"george-gascon-cites-misleading-poll-of-l-a-county-crime-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3066","title":{"rendered":"George Gasc\u00f3n Cites Misleading Poll of L.A. County Crime Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/da.lacounty.gov\/media\/news\/district-attorney-george-gascon-issues-statement-survey-crime-victims-los-angeles-county\">statement yesterday <\/a>which released the results from a <a href=\"https:\/\/safeandjust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/February-2021-LA-Survivor-Poll.pdf\">survey of crime victims<\/a> in Los Angeles County. The polling results were described by Californians for Safety and Justice (CSJ), a sentencing reform group funded by George Soros.\u00a0 In the their <a href=\"http:\/\/safeandjust.org\/news\/victims-of-violent-crime-in-los-angeles-county-favor-investments-in-crime-prevention-over-incarceration-new-polling-finds\/?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=\">release yesterday<\/a> the following was said, \u201cAccording to polling, 65 percent of respondents favored taking individual circumstances into account over automatically adding extra years onto a sentence because of prior convictions\u201d. This statement addresses one of the many questions included in this survey that were framed in a leading manner.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The language used in this questions paints a black and white picture of incarceration OR rehabilitation, as if the two cannot be mixed. Another question discussed in this release by CSJ is likely to be seen as an either or, \u201cSixty-one percent of respondents favor rehabilitation, mental health treatment, and drug treatment over punishment through incarceration.\u201d This question is posing incarceration as ONLY a means of punishment, when that is not the case. Incarceration can offer safety to the community and its residents, and it can offer treatment as needed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are many elements of this poll that were not addressed in Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s release or that of the CSJ. One of those elements is the sample size of only 724 people responding to the poll out of the 2,000 that were contacted, why was the response rate only 36%. Additionally, where did the conductors of the survey obtain the victim information from and what crimes were they victims of? These are important elements that must be addressed if this poll is considered to have high validity. The Association of Deputy District Attorneys <a href=\"https:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/A-Poll-To-Fit-A-Narrative.html?soid=1120011172453&amp;aid=6kghWcbysVk\">(ADDA) responded to this poll<\/a> stating, \u201cSurvey best practices state that questions asked to participants should not be confusing, leading, or double-barreled. This poll violated all three cardinal rules.\u201d This poll is not based in reliable best practice of research, therefore should be read and interpreted with that consideration in mind.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n issued a statement yesterday which released the results from a survey of crime victims in Los Angeles County. The polling results were described by Californians for Safety and Justice (CSJ), a sentencing reform group funded by George Soros.\u00a0 In the their release yesterday the following was said, \u201cAccording to polling, 65 percent of respondents favored taking individual circumstances into account over automatically adding extra years onto a sentence because of prior convictions\u201d. This statement addresses one of the many questions included in this survey that were framed in a leading manner.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>George Gasc\u00f3n Cites Misleading Poll of L.A. 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