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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to detain people for as long as they want without putting them on trial?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic65.3%
2 Slovenia59.1%
3 United Kingdom58.7%
4 Australia57.9%
5 Belgium55.9%
6 Israel54.8%
7 France51.8%
8 Switzerland50.2%
9 Spain49.3%
10 Norway46.7%
11 Finland46.5%
12 Lithuania45.6%
13 New Zealand45.3%
14 Japan 44.1%
15 Denmark40.9%
16 Sweden39.7%
17 Slovakia38.7%
18 Hungary38.5%
19 Germany37.2%
20 Latvia37.1%
21 United States36.6%
22 Republic of Korea36.3%
23 Chile34.7%
24 Turkiye34.1%
25 Iceland33.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.046461 X +5.806
Correlation coefficient (r)0.307
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 28650.608081 X +32662.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 10.670166 X +75.457
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.946375 X +1.195
Correlation coefficient (r)0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.043189 X +13.259
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011