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Question: All systems of justice make mistakes, but which do you think is worse?
Choices: "to convict an innocent person" "to let a guilty person go free"
Data: % of "to convict an innocent person"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 82.6%
2 Germany75.3%
3 Japan72.7%
4 Canada71.6%
5 Republic of Korea69.6%
6 Australia69.2%
7 United States64.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.480158 X +6.936
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -153371.912267 X +161200.986
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 19.345466 X +67.938
Correlation coefficient (r)0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.781908 X +0.187
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -38.577516 X +40.331
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265